amule command not found

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

Introduction

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

amule: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: amule: command not found

Solutions to amule: command not found

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

In Ubuntu amule is provided by amule package.

amule is:

aMule is a peer-to-peer file sharing application, designed to connect to the eDonkey and Kad networks. It has a wide range of features, including many of the original eMule client, like:

  • online signature, source exchange, compressed transfers, secure identification, and IP filter support
  • boolean search, which can be local, global, or in the Kad network
  • checks against aggressive clients
  • slot allocation, to decide the number of remote clients
  • systray works well both in GNOME and KDE
  • translations to many languages

A daemonized version of the application that does not need a graphic environment to run is available in the amule-daemon package, and various utilities of interest can be found in the amule-utils and amule-utils-gui packages, including the ed2k link handler.

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

sudo apt-get -y install amule

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

You can also use apt command to install amule.

sudo apt -y install amule

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

sudo aptitude install amule

Summary

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