ffado-set-nickname command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ffado-set-nickname command not found error message

Introduction

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

ffado-set-nickname: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ffado-set-nickname: command not found

Solutions to ffado-set-nickname: command not found

How To Fix ffado-set-nickname: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ffado-set-nickname is provided by ffado-tools package.

ffado-tools is:

FFADO is a Linux driver for FireWire (IEEE1394) audio devices.

The FFADO library permits discovering and configuring such devices and provides an API for streaming clients.

This package holds the following tools for firmware updating, troubleshooting and debugging: * ffado-test-streaming * ffado-diag * ffado-test-isoxmit * ffado-test-isorecv * ffado-bridgeco-downloader * ffado-test * ffado-fireworks-downloader * ffado-debug

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

sudo apt-get -y install ffado-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install ffado-tools.

sudo apt -y install ffado-tools

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

sudo aptitude install ffado-tools

Summary

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