olad command not found

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

Introduction

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

olad: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: olad: command not found

In Ubuntu olad is provided by ola package.

ola is:

The DMX512 standard for Digital MultipleX is used for digital communication networks commonly used to control stage lighting and effects.

The Open Lighting Architecture (OLA) provides a plugin framework for distributing DMX512 control signals.

This package contains olad, the OLA daemon used to control lighting, and a number of command-line tools to control and manipulate olad.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ola

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

You can also use apt command to install ola.

sudo apt -y install ola

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

sudo aptitude install ola

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