irw command not found

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

Introduction

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

irw: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: irw: command not found

In Ubuntu irw is provided by lirc package.

lirc is:

LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.

This package provides the daemons and some utilities to support infra-red remote controls under Linux.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lirc

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

You can also use apt command to install lirc.

sudo apt -y install lirc

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

sudo aptitude install lirc

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