plait command not found

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

Introduction

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

plait: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: plait: command not found

Solutions to plait: command not found

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

In Ubuntu plait is provided by plait package.

plait is:

Plait (pronounced “play”) is a command-line jukebox and music player front end. It understands brief, easy to type queries that pick a single song, mix queries that combine works from multiple artists, stream queries that find Shoutcast radio streams, and everything in between.

A variety of filters are available to pick just the music you want to hear. In order to actually play the music it finds, Plait automatically hands off a play list to one of the supported music players (or you can use it manually with any player that supports .m3u playlists).

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

sudo apt-get -y install plait

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

You can also use apt command to install plait.

sudo apt -y install plait

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

sudo aptitude install plait

Summary

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