janus command not found

Introduction

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

janus: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: janus: command not found

Solutions to janus: command not found

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

In Ubuntu janus is provided by janus package.

janus is:

janus is a general purpose WebRTC server/gateway with a minimal footprint.

As such, it doesn’t provide any functionality per se other than implementing the means to set up a WebRTC media communication with a browser or application, exchanging JSON messages with it over different transports, and relaying RTP/RTCP and messages between clients and the server-side application logic they’re attached to. Any specific feature/application is provided by server side plugins, that browsers can then contact via the server to take advantage of the functionality they provide.

Example of such plugins can be implementations of applications like echo tests, conference bridges, media recorders, SIP gateways and the like.

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

sudo apt-get -y install janus

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

You can also use apt command to install janus.

sudo apt -y install janus

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

sudo aptitude install janus

Summary

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