inputlircd command not found

Introduction

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

inputlircd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: inputlircd: command not found

Solutions to inputlircd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu inputlircd is provided by inputlirc package.

inputlirc is:

This is a small LIRC-compatible daemon that reads from /dev/input/eventX devices and sends the received keycodes to connecting LIRC clients. Inputlircd needs no configuration, it uses the standardised names for the keycodes as used by the kernel. Many USB remote controls that present HID devices, as well as multimedia keyboards should work out of the box.

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

sudo apt-get -y install inputlirc

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

You can also use apt command to install inputlirc.

sudo apt -y install inputlirc

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

sudo aptitude install inputlirc

Summary

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