pdsend command not found

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

Introduction

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

pdsend: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pdsend: command not found

In Ubuntu pdsend is provided by puredata-utils package.

puredata-utils is:

Pure Data (also known as Pd) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio and graphics processing.

This package provides utility applications for puredata, namely pdsend and pdreceive, for sending and receiving FUDI over the net.

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

sudo apt-get -y install puredata-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install puredata-utils.

sudo apt -y install puredata-utils

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

sudo aptitude install puredata-utils

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