FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gifsicle': 'gifsicle' in Google Colab

Question

I'm trying to optimize a gif using pygifsicle's optimize function, working in the Colab environment. I've used !pip install pygifscile which successfully installs pygifsicle-1.0.1. However whether I use import pygifsicle or from pygifsicle import optimize I still get the error:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gifsicle': 'gifsicle'

I understand that gifsicle is a prerequesite for pygifsicle, how can I install it in Colab?

Answer 1

SOLUTION:

Realizing that Colab runs Ubuntu command, I simply ran !sudo apt-get install gifsicle after my cell: from pygifsicle import optimize, and can now call the optimize function with no issues!