update-gsfontmap command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix update-gsfontmap command not found error message

Introduction

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

update-gsfontmap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-gsfontmap: command not found

Solutions to update-gsfontmap: command not found

How To Fix update-gsfontmap: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu update-gsfontmap is provided by ghostscript package.

ghostscript is:

GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing. Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.

Furthermore, it can render PostScript and PDF files as graphics to be printed on non-PostScript printers. Supported printers include common dot-matrix, inkjet and laser models.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ghostscript

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

You can also use apt command to install ghostscript.

sudo apt -y install ghostscript

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

sudo aptitude install ghostscript

Summary

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