xmms2-mlib-updater command not found

Introduction

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

xmms2-mlib-updater: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xmms2-mlib-updater: command not found

Solutions to xmms2-mlib-updater: command not found

How To Fix xmms2-mlib-updater: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xmms2-mlib-updater is provided by xmms2-client-medialib-updater package.

xmms2-client-medialib-updater is:

The media library is where XMMS2 stores metadata about files as it plays them. Having a media library allows XMMS2 to ‘remember’ the songs it has played, and thus allows users to easily re-create their favorite playlists.

This package contains the medialib-updater client which monitors given directories and updates the media library with new and changed files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmms2-client-medialib-updater

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

You can also use apt command to install xmms2-client-medialib-updater.

sudo apt -y install xmms2-client-medialib-updater

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

sudo aptitude install xmms2-client-medialib-updater

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xmms2-mlib-updater command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.