vdb_print command not found

Introduction

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

vdb_print: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vdb_print: command not found

Solutions to vdb_print: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vdb_print is provided by libopenvdb-tools package.

libopenvdb-tools is:

OpenVDB is an open source C++ library comprising a novel hierarchical data structure and a suite of tools for the efficient storage and manipulation of sparse volumetric data discretized on three-dimensional grids. It is developed and maintained by DreamWorks Animation for use in volumetric applications typically encountered in feature film production.

This is the package for the runtime. It installs vdb_lod, vdb_print, vdb_render and vdb_view

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenvdb-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install libopenvdb-tools.

sudo apt -y install libopenvdb-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libopenvdb-tools

Summary

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