j2amidi_bridge command not found

Introduction

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

j2amidi_bridge: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: j2amidi_bridge: command not found

Solutions to j2amidi_bridge: command not found

How To Fix j2amidi_bridge: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu j2amidi_bridge is provided by a2jmidid package.

a2jmidid is:

Main goal of this project is to ease usage of legacy, not JACK-ified apps, in a JACK MIDI enabled system. a2jmidid is a daemon that implements automatic bridging. For every ALSA sequencer port you get one JACK MIDI port. If ALSA sequencer port is both one input and one output, you get two JACK MIDI ports, one input and one output.

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

sudo apt-get -y install a2jmidid

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

You can also use apt command to install a2jmidid.

sudo apt -y install a2jmidid

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

sudo aptitude install a2jmidid

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix j2amidi_bridge command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.