xmedcon-config command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xmedcon-config command not found error message

Introduction

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

xmedcon-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xmedcon-config: command not found

Solutions to xmedcon-config: command not found

How To Fix xmedcon-config: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xmedcon-config is provided by libmdc-dev package.

libmdc-dev is:

This project stands for Medical Image Conversion. Released under the (L)GPL, it comes with the full C-source code of the library, a flexible command line utility and a neat graphical front-end using the GTK+ toolkit. The currently supported formats are: Acr/Nema 2.0, Analyze (SPM), DICOM 3.0, InterFile 3.3 and PNG.

Static library, include files and documentation for developers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmdc-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install libmdc-dev.

sudo apt -y install libmdc-dev

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

sudo aptitude install libmdc-dev

Summary

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