vitables command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix vitables command not found error message

Introduction

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

vitables: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vitables: command not found

Solutions to vitables: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vitables is provided by vitables package.

vitables is:

ViTables is a component of the PyTables family. It is a graphical tool for browsing and editing files in both PyTables and HDF5 formats.

ViTables capabilities include easy navigation through the data hierarchy, displaying of real data and its associated metadata, a simple, yet powerful, browsing of multidimensional data and much more.

One of the greatest strengths of ViTables is its ability to display very large tables. Tables with one thousand millions of rows (and beyond) are navigated stunningly fast and with very low memory requirements. So, if you ever need to browse very large tables, don’t hesitate, ViTables is your choice.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vitables

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

You can also use apt command to install vitables.

sudo apt -y install vitables

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

sudo aptitude install vitables

Summary

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