qashctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

qashctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qashctl: command not found

Solutions to qashctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu qashctl is provided by qashctl package.

qashctl is:

QasTools is a collection of desktop applications for the Linux sound system ALSA.

The applications included are:

  • QasConfig - browser for the ALSA configuration tree
  • QasHctl - mixer for ALSA’s High level Control Interface
  • QasMixer - desktop mixer with features similar to alsamixer

QasHctl is a mixer application for ALSA’s “High level Control Interface”. This interface allows more complex interaction than the “Simple Mixer Interface” which is used by alsamixer and QasMixer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install qashctl

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

You can also use apt command to install qashctl.

sudo apt -y install qashctl

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

sudo aptitude install qashctl

Summary

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