lxmms2 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix lxmms2 command not found error message

Introduction

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

lxmms2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lxmms2: command not found

In Ubuntu lxmms2 is provided by lxmms2 package.

lxmms2 is:

lxmms2 is a tiny XMMS2 client to control XMMS2 with a LIRC compatible remote control. Following actions are supported:

play (starts playback)
pause (pauses playback)
toggle_play_pause (toggles pause and starts playback if XMMS2 is not playing at all)
toggle_pause (toggles pause)
stop (stops playback)
next (advances to the next track)
prev (goes back to the previous track)
volume_up (increases the volume)
volume_down (decreases the volume)

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxmms2

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

You can also use apt command to install lxmms2.

sudo apt -y install lxmms2

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

sudo aptitude install lxmms2

In this tutorial we learn how to fix lxmms2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.