mktunes command not found

Introduction

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

mktunes: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mktunes: command not found

Solutions to mktunes: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mktunes is provided by gnupod-tools package.

gnupod-tools is:

GNUpod is made up of scripts that allow a user to manage a collection of songs and playlists on an Apple iPod. The original iPod, iPod Mini, and iPod Shuffle players are all supported.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnupod-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install gnupod-tools.

sudo apt -y install gnupod-tools

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

sudo aptitude install gnupod-tools

Summary

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