dv4l command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix dv4l command not found error message

Introduction

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

dv4l: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dv4l: command not found

Solutions to dv4l: command not found

How To Fix dv4l: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dv4l is provided by dv4l package.

dv4l is:

dv4l enables programs to access a dv1394 (Firewire) camcorder by using the video4linux (V4L) API. dv4lstart uses the LD_PRELOAD facility to intercept calls to the V4L API and make the camcorder’s videostream available.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dv4l

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

You can also use apt command to install dv4l.

sudo apt -y install dv4l

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

sudo aptitude install dv4l

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dv4l command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.