ZamCompX2 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ZamCompX2 command not found error message

Introduction

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

ZamCompX2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ZamCompX2: command not found

Solutions to ZamCompX2: command not found

How To Fix ZamCompX2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ZamCompX2 is provided by zam-plugins package.

zam-plugins is:

Plugins for high quality audio processing.

The purpose of these plugins is to provide high quality DSP without using an excessive amount of CPU.

There currently is no official documentation on how to use these plugins, but anyone who is familiar with outboard gear should be able to work it out. The default settings and almost every slider is calibrated to standard ranges.

Package contain these plugins:

  • ZamAutoSat Automatic saturator (mono)
  • ZaMaximX2 Lightweight maximiser/limiter (stereo)
  • ZamComp Dynamic range compressor (mono)
  • ZamCompX2 Dynamic range compressor (stereo)
  • ZamDelay Basic delay plugin (mono)
  • ZamEQ2 Parametric equaliser (mono)
  • ZamGate Gate plugin (mono)
  • ZamGateX2 Gate plugin (stereo)
  • ZamGEQ31 31 band graphic equaliser (mono)
  • ZamHeadX2 Acoustic HRTF stereo widener (stereo)
  • ZamTube Triode tube amp simulator (mono)
  • ZaMultiComp Multiband compressor (mono)
  • ZaMultiCompX2 Multiband compressor (stereo)
  • ZamDynamicEQ Dynamic equaliser
  • ZamPhono A collection filters for restoring vinyl records.
  • ZamVerb Stereo reverb plugin
  • ZamGrains Looper and rhythm slicer

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

sudo apt-get -y install zam-plugins

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

You can also use apt command to install zam-plugins.

sudo apt -y install zam-plugins

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

sudo aptitude install zam-plugins

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ZamCompX2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.