cd-paranoia command not found

Introduction

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

cd-paranoia: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cd-paranoia: command not found

Solutions to cd-paranoia: command not found

How To Fix cd-paranoia: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cd-paranoia is provided by cd-paranoia package.

cd-paranoia is:

cd-paranoia retrieves audio tracks from CDDA capable CD-ROM drives. The data can be saved to a file or directed to standard output in WAV, AIFF, AIFF-C or raw format. Most ATAPI, SCSI and several proprietary CD-ROM drive makes are supported; cd- paranoia can determine if the target drive is CDDA capable.

In addition to simple reading, cd-paranoia adds extra-robust data verification, synchronization, error handling and scratch reconstruction capability.

This version uses the libcdio library for interaction with a CD-ROM drive. The jitter and error correction however are the same as used in Xiph’s cdparanoia.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cd-paranoia

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

You can also use apt command to install cd-paranoia.

sudo apt -y install cd-paranoia

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

sudo aptitude install cd-paranoia

Summary

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