cava command not found

Introduction

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

cava: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cava: command not found

Solutions to cava: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cava is provided by cava package.

cava is:

C.A.V.A. is a bar spectrum audio visualizer for the Linux terminal using ALSA, pulseaudio or fifo buffer for input. This program is not intended for scientific use. It’s written to look responsive and aesthetic when used to visualize music.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cava

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

You can also use apt command to install cava.

sudo apt -y install cava

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

sudo aptitude install cava

Summary

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