pmxchords command not found

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

Introduction

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

pmxchords: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pmxchords: command not found

In Ubuntu pmxchords is provided by texlive-music package.

texlive-music is:

Music-related fonts and packages.

This package includes the following CTAN packages:

abc – Support ABC music notation in LaTeX

autosp – A Preprocessor that generates note-spacing commands for MusiXTeX scores

bagpipe – Support for typesetting bagpipe music

chordbars – Print chord grids for pop/jazz tunes

chordbox – Draw chord diagrams

ddphonism – Dodecaphonic diagrams: twelve-tone matrices, clock diagrams, etc.

figbas – Mini-fonts for figured-bass notation in music

gchords – Typeset guitar chords

gregoriotex – Engraving Gregorian Chant scores

gtrcrd – Add chords to lyrics

guitar – Guitar chords and song texts

guitarchordschemes – Guitar Chord and Scale Tablatures

guitartabs – A class for drawing guitar tablatures easily

harmony – Typeset harmony symbols, etc., for musicology

latex4musicians – A guide for combining LaTeX and music

leadsheets – Typesetting leadsheets and songbooks

lyluatex – Commands to include lilypond scores within a (Lua)LaTeX document

m-tx – A preprocessor for pmx

musical – Typeset (musical) theatre scripts

musicography – Accessing symbols for music writing with pdfLaTeX

musixguit – Easy notation for guitar music, in MusixTeX

musixtex – Sophisticated music typesetting

musixtex-fonts – Fonts used by MusixTeX

musixtnt – A MusiXTeX extension library that enables transformations of the effect of notes commands

octave – Typeset musical pitches with octave designations

piano – Typeset a basic 2-octave piano diagram

pmx – Preprocessor for MusiXTeX

pmxchords – Produce chord information to go with pmx output

songbook – Package for typesetting song lyrics and chord books

songs – Produce song books for church or fellowship

xml2pmx – Convert MusicXML to PMX and MusiXTeX

xpiano – An extension of the piano package

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

sudo apt-get -y install texlive-music

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

You can also use apt command to install texlive-music.

sudo apt -y install texlive-music

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

sudo aptitude install texlive-music

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