vtkProbeOpenGLVersion-9.1 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix vtkProbeOpenGLVersion-9.1 command not found error message

Introduction

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

vtkProbeOpenGLVersion-9.1: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vtkProbeOpenGLVersion-9.1: command not found

In Ubuntu vtkProbeOpenGLVersion-9.1 is provided by vtk9 package.

vtk9 is:

The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.

This package provides binaries for VTK9

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

sudo apt-get -y install vtk9

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

You can also use apt command to install vtk9.

sudo apt -y install vtk9

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

sudo aptitude install vtk9

In this tutorial we learn how to fix vtkProbeOpenGLVersion-9.1 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.