ipod-time-sync command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ipod-time-sync command not found error message

Introduction

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

ipod-time-sync: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipod-time-sync: command not found

Solutions to ipod-time-sync: command not found

How To Fix ipod-time-sync: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ipod-time-sync is provided by libgpod-common package.

libgpod-common is:

libgpod is a library meant to abstract access to an iPod’s content. It provides an easy to use API to retrieve the list of files and playlist stored on an iPod, to modify them and to save them back to the iPod.

This package contains

internationalization support
udev support

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgpod-common

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

You can also use apt command to install libgpod-common.

sudo apt -y install libgpod-common

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

sudo aptitude install libgpod-common

Summary

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