wvgain command not found

Introduction

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

wvgain: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wvgain: command not found

Solutions to wvgain: command not found

How To Fix wvgain: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu wvgain is provided by wavpack package.

wavpack is:

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality.

This package contains an encoder and decoder for wavpack files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wavpack

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

You can also use apt command to install wavpack.

sudo apt -y install wavpack

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

sudo aptitude install wavpack

Summary

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