karma_helper command not found

Introduction

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

karma_helper: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: karma_helper: command not found

Solutions to karma_helper: command not found

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

In Ubuntu karma_helper is provided by karma-tools package.

karma-tools is:

Some basic utilities for use with the Rio Karma music player. Includes:

• chprop - changes file properties on the Rio Karma
• karma_helper - adjusts the state of the Rio Karma
• riocp - transfers files to and from the Rio Karma

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

sudo apt-get -y install karma-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install karma-tools.

sudo apt -y install karma-tools

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

sudo aptitude install karma-tools

Summary

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