h264enc command not found

Introduction

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

h264enc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: h264enc: command not found

Solutions to h264enc: command not found

How To Fix h264enc: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu h264enc is provided by h264enc package.

h264enc is:

A shell script which makes it easy to encode DVDs or video files to the H.264/AVC/MPEG-4 Part 10 video format using MEncoder from the MPlayer project.

h264enc is written in a way to be useful for power users yet it is also very user friendly for people who are novices when it comes to video encoding. h264enc operates by asking questions to the user, collecting the input and passing it over to the encoder software. One of its unique features is the ability to use built-in video quality presets. This is especially useful to people who are just starting to encode video.

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

sudo apt-get -y install h264enc

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

You can also use apt command to install h264enc.

sudo apt -y install h264enc

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

sudo aptitude install h264enc

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix h264enc command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.