qmmp command not found

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

Introduction

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

qmmp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qmmp: command not found

Solutions to qmmp: command not found

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

In Ubuntu qmmp is provided by qmmp package.

qmmp is:

Qmmp is feature-rich audio player with support of many formats. It is written in Qt.

Supported formats:

  • MPEG1 layer 2/3
  • Ogg Vorbis
  • Ogg Opus
  • Native FLAC, Ogg FLAC
  • Musepack
  • WavePack
  • tracker modules (mod, s3m, it, xm, etc)
  • ADTS AAC
  • CD Audio
  • WMA, Monkey’s Audio (and other formats provided by FFmpeg library)
  • PCM WAVE (and other formats provided by libsndfile library)
  • midi
  • SID
  • chiptune formats (AY, GBS, GYM, HES, KSS, NSF, NSFE, SAP, SPC, VGM, VGZ, VTX)

DSP effects:

  • BS2B effect
  • sample rate converter
  • LADSPA effects
  • extra stereo
  • crossfade

Visual effects:

  • projectM visualization
  • spectrum analyzer

Audio output through:

  • ALSA
  • OSS
  • PulseAudio
  • JACK
  • QTMultimedia
  • Icecast

Other features:

  • XMMS and Winamp 2.x skins support
  • alternative user interface based on standard widgets set
  • 10-band equalizer
  • MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+ streams support
  • mms support
  • MPRIS
  • removable device detection (via HAL or UDisks)
  • video playback via Mplayer
  • lyrics (using LyricWiki and other providers)
  • cover art support
  • CUE sheet support
  • embedded CUE support (for FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio)
  • multiple playlists
  • automatic charset detection for cue files and ShoutCast metadata
  • playlist formats: m3u, pls, xspf
  • ReplayGain support
  • sending listening history to Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainz
  • CDDB support
  • audio converter
  • stream browser
  • audio formats converter
  • external programs execution on track change
  • ReplayGain scanner
  • archive reader (RAR and 7z)
  • audio recording
  • listening history

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

sudo apt-get -y install qmmp

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

You can also use apt command to install qmmp.

sudo apt -y install qmmp

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

sudo aptitude install qmmp

Summary

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