alsa_out command not found

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

Introduction

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

alsa_out: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: alsa_out: command not found

In Ubuntu alsa_out is provided by jackd1 package.

jackd1 is:

JACK is a low-latency sound server, allowing multiple applications to connect to one audio device, and to share audio between themselves.

This package contains the daemon jackd as well as some example clients.

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

sudo apt-get -y install jackd1

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

You can also use apt command to install jackd1.

sudo apt -y install jackd1

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

sudo aptitude install jackd1

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