panelctl command not found

Introduction

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

panelctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: panelctl: command not found

Solutions to panelctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu panelctl is provided by libavc1394-tools package.

libavc1394-tools is:

libavc1394 is a programming interface for the 1394 Trade Association AV/C (Audio/Video Control) Digital Interface Command Set. It allows you to remote control camcorders and similar devices connected to your computer via an IEEE 1394 (aka Firewire) link.

This package provides the command line tool dvcont that acts as a simple remote control, the tool mkrfc2734 that is needed to advertise IP over IEEE 1394 (RFC 2734) capabilities with the Linux 2.4 kernel series, and the utility panelctl, a remote control for set-top boxes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libavc1394-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install libavc1394-tools.

sudo apt -y install libavc1394-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libavc1394-tools

Summary

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