mppenc command not found

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

Introduction

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

mppenc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mppenc: command not found

In Ubuntu mppenc is provided by mppenc package.

mppenc is:

Musepack is a lossy audio codec specifically optimized for transparent compression of stereo audio at bitrates of 160-180 kbit/s.

This package contains the encoder, for decoding see libmpcdec3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mppenc

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

You can also use apt command to install mppenc.

sudo apt -y install mppenc

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

sudo aptitude install mppenc

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