ncmpc command not found

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

Introduction

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

ncmpc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ncmpc: command not found

Solutions to ncmpc: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ncmpc is provided by ncmpc package.

ncmpc is:

This package contains a text-mode client for MPD, the Music Player Daemon. Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.

Features:

  • full Unicode and wide character support
  • music database browser, database search, media library
  • audio output configuration
  • lyrics
  • LIRC support
  • customizable key bindings and colors
  • tiny memory footprint, smaller than any other interactive MPD client

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

sudo apt-get -y install ncmpc

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

You can also use apt command to install ncmpc.

sudo apt -y install ncmpc

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

sudo aptitude install ncmpc

Summary

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