makehrtf command not found

Introduction

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

makehrtf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: makehrtf: command not found

Solutions to makehrtf: command not found

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

In Ubuntu makehrtf is provided by makehrtf package.

makehrtf is:

OpenAL Soft is a branch of OpenAL which has filtering implemented in software, and it also adds support for head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). HRTFs permit 3D auralization through stereo earphones.

This package installs the makehrtf utility.

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

sudo apt-get -y install makehrtf

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

You can also use apt command to install makehrtf.

sudo apt -y install makehrtf

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

sudo aptitude install makehrtf

Summary

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