lv2_validate command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix lv2_validate command not found error message

Introduction

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

lv2_validate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lv2_validate: command not found

In Ubuntu lv2_validate is provided by lv2-dev package.

lv2-dev is:

LV2 is a simple but extensible successor of LADSPA plugins, intended to address the limitations of LADSPA which many applications have outgrown.

This package contains the LV2 audio plugin specification, with all the official extension packages, as well as example plugins, and additional data.

Implementations are encouraged to abandon the “copy paste headers” practice and depend on this package instead.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lv2-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install lv2-dev.

sudo apt -y install lv2-dev

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

sudo aptitude install lv2-dev

In this tutorial we learn how to fix lv2_validate command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.