splay command not found

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

Introduction

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

splay: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: splay: command not found

In Ubuntu splay is provided by splay package.

splay is:

Based on maplay, this package decodes layer I, II, and III MPEG audio streams/files and plays them from the command line.

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

sudo apt-get -y install splay

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

You can also use apt command to install splay.

sudo apt -y install splay

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

sudo aptitude install splay

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