spnavd_ctl command not found

Introduction

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

spnavd_ctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: spnavd_ctl: command not found

Solutions to spnavd_ctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu spnavd_ctl is provided by spacenavd package.

spacenavd is:

Spacenavd, is a free software replacement user-space driver (daemon), for 3Dconnexion’s six-degree-of-freedom input devices. It is compatible with the original 3dxsrv proprietary daemon provided by 3Dconnexion, and works perfectly with any program that was written for the 3Dconnexion driver. It also offers another method of accessing the device via a new non-X11-dependent protocol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install spacenavd

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

You can also use apt command to install spacenavd.

sudo apt -y install spacenavd

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

sudo aptitude install spacenavd

Summary

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