audacity command not found

Introduction

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

audacity: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: audacity: command not found

Solutions to audacity: command not found

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

In Ubuntu audacity is provided by audacity package.

audacity is:

Audacity is a multi-track audio editor for Linux/Unix, MacOS and Windows. It is designed for easy recording, playing and editing of digital audio. Audacity features digital effects and spectrum analysis tools. Editing is very fast and provides unlimited undo/redo.

Supported file formats include Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MP3, WAV, AIFF, and AU.

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

sudo apt-get -y install audacity

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

You can also use apt command to install audacity.

sudo apt -y install audacity

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

sudo aptitude install audacity

Summary

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