jack-keyboard command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix jack-keyboard command not found error message

Introduction

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

jack-keyboard: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: jack-keyboard: command not found

Solutions to jack-keyboard: command not found

How To Fix jack-keyboard: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu jack-keyboard is provided by jack-keyboard package.

jack-keyboard is:

JACK keyboard is a program that allows you to send JACK MIDI events (play ;-) using your PC keyboard. It’s somewhat similar to vkeybd, except it uses JACK MIDI instead of ALSA, and the default keyboard mapping is much better - it uses the same layout as trackers (like Impulse Tracker) did, so you have two and half octaves under your fingers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install jack-keyboard

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

You can also use apt command to install jack-keyboard.

sudo apt -y install jack-keyboard

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

sudo aptitude install jack-keyboard

Summary

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