rpld-codec-helper command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix rpld-codec-helper command not found error message

Introduction

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

rpld-codec-helper: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rpld-codec-helper: command not found

In Ubuntu rpld-codec-helper is provided by roarplaylistd-codechelper-gst package.

roarplaylistd-codechelper-gst is:

RoarAudio PlayList Daemon is a audio player backend daemon handling playlists. It stores playlists and plays files using RoarAudio as audio backend.

The daemon can be controlled using a simple protocol. It can listen on UNIX and TCP sockets.

File formats and codecs not supported by RoarAudio can be handled by using a helper program.

This helper script is used for roarplaylistd to play additional codecs (GStreamer version).

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

sudo apt-get -y install roarplaylistd-codechelper-gst

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

You can also use apt command to install roarplaylistd-codechelper-gst.

sudo apt -y install roarplaylistd-codechelper-gst

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

sudo aptitude install roarplaylistd-codechelper-gst

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