mkchromecast command not found

Introduction

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

mkchromecast: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mkchromecast: command not found

Solutions to mkchromecast: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mkchromecast is provided by mkchromecast package.

mkchromecast is:

It is written in Python, and it streams via node.js or ffmpeg. mkchromecast is capable of using lossy and lossless audio formats provided that ffmpeg is installed. It also supports Multi-room group playback, and 24-bits/96kHz high audio resolution. Additionally, a system tray menu is also available.

By default, mkchromecast streams with node.js (or parec in Linux) together with mp3 audio coding format at a sample rate of 44100Hz and average bitrate of 192k. These defaults can be changed using the –sample-rate and -b flags. It is useful to modify these parameters when your wireless router is not very powerful, or in the case you don’t want to degrade the sound quality. You can also cast videos using the –video flag.

mkchromecast can cast using either pulseaudio or ALSA. The respective dependencies can be pulled by mkchromecast-pulseaudio and mkchromecast-alsa dependency packages respectively. For more information, please read the README.Debian file shipped in this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mkchromecast

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

You can also use apt command to install mkchromecast.

sudo apt -y install mkchromecast

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

sudo aptitude install mkchromecast

Summary

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