gav1_decode command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gav1_decode command not found error message

Introduction

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

gav1_decode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gav1_decode: command not found

In Ubuntu gav1_decode is provided by libgav1-bin package.

libgav1-bin is:

This package provides gav1_decode binary as an example application of libgav1. It can be used to decode IVF files.

Please see the output of “gav1_decode –help” for detailed options.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgav1-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install libgav1-bin.

sudo apt -y install libgav1-bin

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

sudo aptitude install libgav1-bin

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gav1_decode command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.