xyconvert command not found

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

Introduction

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

xyconvert: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xyconvert: command not found

In Ubuntu xyconvert is provided by libxy-bin package.

libxy-bin is:

xylib is a C++ library for reading files that contain x-y data from powder diffraction, spectroscopy and other experimental methods.

This package contains a small program xyconv that converts files supported by the xylib library to TSV (tab-separated values).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxy-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install libxy-bin.

sudo apt -y install libxy-bin

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

sudo aptitude install libxy-bin

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