BasiliskII-jit command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix BasiliskII-jit command not found error message

Introduction

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

BasiliskII-jit: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: BasiliskII-jit: command not found

Solutions to BasiliskII-jit: command not found

How To Fix BasiliskII-jit: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu BasiliskII-jit is provided by basilisk2 package.

basilisk2 is:

Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it enables you to run 68k MacOS software on you computer, even if you are using a different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II.

Some features of Basilisk II:

  • Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5) or a Mac II series machine (which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1), depending on the ROM being used
  • Color video display
  • CD quality sound output
  • Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported)
  • Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles
  • CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions
  • Easy file exchange with the host OS via a “Host Directory Tree” icon on the Mac desktop
  • Ethernet driver
  • Serial drivers
  • SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation
  • Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse
  • Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processor

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

sudo apt-get -y install basilisk2

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

You can also use apt command to install basilisk2.

sudo apt -y install basilisk2

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

sudo aptitude install basilisk2

Summary

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