shairport-sync command not found

Introduction

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

shairport-sync: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: shairport-sync: command not found

Solutions to shairport-sync: command not found

How To Fix shairport-sync: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu shairport-sync is provided by shairport-sync package.

shairport-sync is:

Plays audio streamed from iTunes, iOS devices and third-party AirPlay sources such as ForkedDaapd and others. Audio played by a Shairport Sync-powered device stays synchronised with the source and hence with similar devices playing the same source. In this way, synchronised multi-room audio is possible without difficulty.

Shairport Sync does not support AirPlay video or photo streaming.

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

sudo apt-get -y install shairport-sync

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

You can also use apt command to install shairport-sync.

sudo apt -y install shairport-sync

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

sudo aptitude install shairport-sync

Summary

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