lv2ls command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix lv2ls command not found error message

Introduction

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

lv2ls: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lv2ls: command not found

Solutions to lv2ls: command not found

How To Fix lv2ls: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu lv2ls is provided by lilv-utils package.

lilv-utils is:

Lilv (formerly SLV2) is a library for LV2 hosts intended to make using LV2 Plugins as simple as possible (without sacrificing capabilities).

Lilv is the successor to SLV2, rewritten to be significantly faster and have minimal dependencies.

This package provides the following utilities:

  • lv2info - Extract information about an installed LV2 plugin.
  • lv2ls - List all installed LV2 plugins.
  • lv2apply - Apply an LV2 plugin to an audio file.
  • lv2bench - Benchmark all installed and supported LV2 plugins.
  • lilv-bench

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

sudo apt-get -y install lilv-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install lilv-utils.

sudo apt -y install lilv-utils

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

sudo aptitude install lilv-utils

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix lv2ls command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.