nyxmms2 command not found

Introduction

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

nyxmms2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: nyxmms2: command not found

Solutions to nyxmms2: command not found

How To Fix nyxmms2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu nyxmms2 is provided by xmms2-client-nycli package.

xmms2-client-nycli is:

XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player. It features a client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common audio formats are supported using plug-ins. On top of this, there is a flexible media library to organize your music.

This package contains only the symlink from nyxmms2 to xmms2. nyxmms2 was renamed to xmms2 in 0.8 DrO_o.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmms2-client-nycli

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

You can also use apt command to install xmms2-client-nycli.

sudo apt -y install xmms2-client-nycli

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

sudo aptitude install xmms2-client-nycli

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix nyxmms2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.