mythmediaserver command not found

Introduction

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

mythmediaserver: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mythmediaserver: command not found

Solutions to mythmediaserver: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mythmediaserver is provided by mythtv-frontend package.

mythtv-frontend is:

MythTV provides a unified graphical interface for recording and viewing television programs. Refer to the mythtv package for more information.

This package contains only the client software, which provides a front-end for playback and configuration. It requires access to a mythtv-backend installation, either on the same system or one reachable via the network.

A database is also required. The mythtv-database package must be installed, either on the same system, or one reachable via the network.

For a complete installation of all MythTV components, install the ‘mythtv’ package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mythtv-frontend

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

You can also use apt command to install mythtv-frontend.

sudo apt -y install mythtv-frontend

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

sudo aptitude install mythtv-frontend

Summary

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