tiff_findskew command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

tiff_findskew: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tiff_findskew: command not found

Solutions to tiff_findskew: command not found

How To Fix tiff_findskew: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu tiff_findskew is provided by pagetools package.

pagetools is:

This program determines the skew angle for text, and works with black/white images in TIFF or PBM format. To achieve this, it uses an original algorithm based on a fast implementation of the Radon transform. This program is part of the Page Layout Detection Tools project, which aims to automate the layout detection in scanned page images.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install pagetools

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install pagetools.

sudo apt -y install pagetools

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install pagetools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix tiff_findskew command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.