cam command not found

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

Introduction

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

cam: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cam: command not found

In Ubuntu cam is provided by libcamera-tools package.

libcamera-tools is:

libcamera is a complex camera support library which handles low-level control of the camera devices, providing a unified higher-level

This package provides cam and qcam, libcamera “Swiss army knife” tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcamera-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install libcamera-tools.

sudo apt -y install libcamera-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libcamera-tools

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