yaz-iconv command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix yaz-iconv command not found error message

Introduction

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

yaz-iconv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: yaz-iconv: command not found

In Ubuntu yaz-iconv is provided by yaz package.

yaz is:

YAZ is a toolkit for the development of client and server software built around the ANSI Z39.50 (ISO 23950) standard for information retrieval.

YAZ supports Z39.50-2003 (version 3), SRU versions 1.1 to 2.0, and the industry standard ZOOM API for Z39.50.

This package provides several utility programs for retrieving and working with data records obtained from URLs and web services.

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaz

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

You can also use apt command to install yaz.

sudo apt -y install yaz

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

sudo aptitude install yaz

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