minidlnad command not found

Introduction

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

minidlnad: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: minidlnad: command not found

Solutions to minidlnad: command not found

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

In Ubuntu minidlnad is provided by minidlna package.

minidlna is:

MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients.

The minidlna daemon serves media files (music, pictures, and video) to clients on your network. Example clients include applications such as totem and Kodi (xbmc), and devices such as portable media players, smartphones, and televisions (common part of SmartTV kit).

MiniDLNA is a simple, lightweight alternative to mediatomb, but has fewer features. It does not have a web interface for administration and must be configured by editing a text file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install minidlna

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

You can also use apt command to install minidlna.

sudo apt -y install minidlna

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

sudo aptitude install minidlna

Summary

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