aften command not found

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

Introduction

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

aften: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: aften: command not found

Solutions to aften: command not found

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

In Ubuntu aften is provided by aften package.

aften is:

Aften is an audio encoder which generates compressed audio streams based on ATSC A/52 specification. This type of audio is also known as AC-3 or Dolby® Digital and is one of the audio codecs used in DVD-Video content.

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

sudo apt-get -y install aften

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

You can also use apt command to install aften.

sudo apt -y install aften

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

sudo aptitude install aften

Summary

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