mythtv_recording_soon command not found

Introduction

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

mythtv_recording_soon: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mythtv_recording_soon: command not found

Solutions to mythtv_recording_soon: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mythtv_recording_soon is provided by mythtv-status package.

mythtv-status is:

Shows the current status of a local or remote MythTV backend and up to the next 10 recordings for today and tomorrow.

Also provides functionality for updating the MOTD with this information, this can provide a good heads up on when you should avoid heavy CPU or I/O work on your MythTV backend.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mythtv-status

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

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

sudo apt -y install mythtv-status

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

sudo aptitude install mythtv-status

Summary

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