readdvd command not found

Introduction

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

readdvd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: readdvd: command not found

Solutions to readdvd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu readdvd is provided by qpxtool package.

qpxtool is:

QPxTool gives you access to all available Quality Checks (Q-Checks) on written and blank media, that are available for your drive. This will help you to find the right media and the optimized writing speed for your hardware, which will increase the chance for a long data lifetime.

QPxTool depends on the used drive, not all drives are able to read the Q-Checks and not all of them are supported by QPxTool. Currently, most newer drives of LiteOn, NEC, Pioneer and Plextor are supported.

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

sudo apt-get -y install qpxtool

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

You can also use apt command to install qpxtool.

sudo apt -y install qpxtool

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

sudo aptitude install qpxtool

Summary

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