dvbv5-zap command not found

Introduction

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

dvbv5-zap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dvbv5-zap: command not found

Solutions to dvbv5-zap: command not found

How To Fix dvbv5-zap: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dvbv5-zap is provided by dvb-tools package.

dvb-tools is:

This is a series of tools written to help testing and working with DVB, using its latest V5 API. The tools can also work with the DVBv3 API.

The current tools are:

dvb-fe-tool: a simple test application, that reads from the frontend. it also allows one to change the default delivery system. In the future, it may be used to change any property via command line.

dvb-format-convert: converts from zap and scan initial-tuning-data-file into the new format defined to work with DVBv5.

dvbv5-scan: a DVBv5 scan tool.

dvbv5-zap: a DVBv5 zap tool. It allows one to tune into a DVB channel, and to watch to a DVB service (e. g. receiving the video and audio streams, via another application using the dvr device).

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

sudo apt-get -y install dvb-tools

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

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

sudo apt -y install dvb-tools

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

sudo aptitude install dvb-tools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dvbv5-zap command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.