wmmixer command not found

Introduction

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

wmmixer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wmmixer: command not found

Solutions to wmmixer: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wmmixer is provided by wmmixer package.

wmmixer is:

wmmixer displays the mixer status of your computer in a small icon. Most common channels are identified with an appropriate icon. Control include a stereo (mono where appropriate) volume control and a recording source toggle button.

It is possible to change between the different channels using two small buttons (previous channel, next channel) and to change the volume of the channel.

There’s nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the NeXTStep look and the fact that it properly docks. It can be used with other window managers without problems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmixer

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

You can also use apt command to install wmmixer.

sudo apt -y install wmmixer

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

sudo aptitude install wmmixer

Summary

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