audtool command not found

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

Introduction

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

audtool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: audtool: command not found

Solutions to audtool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu audtool is provided by audacious package.

audacious is:

Audacious is a fork of beep-media-player which supports Winamp skins and many codecs.

In the default install, the following codecs are supported:

  • MP3
  • Ogg Vorbis / Theora
  • AAC and AAC+
  • FLAC
  • ALAC
  • Windows Media (WMA)
  • WAVE

Additionally, Audacious is extendable through plugins, and contains other useful features like LIRC support. Support for many more codecs can also be added through plugins.

This package contains the core player and its localization.

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

sudo apt-get -y install audacious

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

You can also use apt command to install audacious.

sudo apt -y install audacious

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

sudo aptitude install audacious

Summary

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