usbmuxd command not found

Introduction

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

usbmuxd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: usbmuxd: command not found

Solutions to usbmuxd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu usbmuxd is provided by usbmuxd package.

usbmuxd is:

usbmuxd, the USB multiplexor daemon, is in charge of coordinating access to iPhone and iPod Touch services over USB. Synchronization and management applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch need this daemon to communicate with such devices concurrently.

This package includes udev rules to start the daemon when a supported device is plugged in, and stop it when all devices are removed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install usbmuxd

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

You can also use apt command to install usbmuxd.

sudo apt -y install usbmuxd

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

sudo aptitude install usbmuxd

Summary

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