liquidsoap command not found

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

Introduction

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

liquidsoap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: liquidsoap: command not found

Solutions to liquidsoap: command not found

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

In Ubuntu liquidsoap is provided by liquidsoap package.

liquidsoap is:

Liquidsoap is a powerful tool for building complex audio streaming systems, typically targeting internet radios (e.g. icecast streams).

It consists of a simple script language, in which you can create, combine and transform audio sources. Its design makes liquidsoap flexible and easily extensible.

Some of the typical uses are:

  • dynamically generating playlists depending on the time or other factors
  • having smooth transitions between songs
  • adding jingles periodically
  • applying effects on the sound like volume normalization
  • reencoding the stream at various qualities
  • remotely controlling the stream

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

sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap

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

You can also use apt command to install liquidsoap.

sudo apt -y install liquidsoap

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

sudo aptitude install liquidsoap

Summary

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