faad command not found

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

Introduction

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

faad: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: faad: command not found

In Ubuntu faad is provided by faad package.

faad is:

FAAD2 is the fastest ISO AAC audio decoder available. FAAD2 correctly decodes all MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 MAIN, LOW, LTP, LD and ER object type AAC files.

This package contains a command line interface to play AAC or MP4 files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install faad

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

You can also use apt command to install faad.

sudo apt -y install faad

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

sudo aptitude install faad

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