butt command not found

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

Introduction

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

butt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: butt: command not found

Solutions to butt: command not found

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

In Ubuntu butt is provided by butt package.

butt is:

butt (broadcast using this tool) is an easy to use, multi OS streaming tool. It supports ShoutCast and IceCast and runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. The main purpose of butt is to stream live audio data from your computers Mic or Line input to an Shoutcast or Icecast server. Recording is also possible. It is NOT intended to be a server by itself or automatically stream a set of audio files.

Features:

  • It Works with SHOUTcast and Icecast.
  • It runs on all three major operating systems. Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
  • It supports aac+, mp3, ogg/vorbis, ogg/opus and flac for streaming.
  • It supports aac+, mp3, ogg/vorbis, ogg/opus, flac and wav for recording.
  • It is able to connect to a server after starting up automatically.
  • It is able to start a recording after connecting to a server automatically.
  • Recording can be split after a user defined amount of time.
  • Current song can either be updated manually or automatically by reading a file.
  • Configuration files can be imported and exported.
  • Status display shows infos about the current state (click on it).
  • Automatically reconnects in case the connection was interrupted.
  • It has a VU Meter with peak hold.
  • It is able to attentuate and amplify the input volume.
  • It has a 5-band EQ.
  • It can read song names from different apps in MacOS and Linux.
  • Display colors can be changed as desired.

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

sudo apt-get -y install butt

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

You can also use apt command to install butt.

sudo apt -y install butt

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

sudo aptitude install butt

Summary

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