shotdetect command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix shotdetect command not found error message

Introduction

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

shotdetect: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: shotdetect: command not found

In Ubuntu shotdetect is provided by shotdetect package.

shotdetect is:

Shotdetect is a software which is able to detect shots and scenes in a movie.

The result produced is a simple XML file containing scenes boundary and features. It is also possible to automatically get scenes boundary shots.

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

sudo apt-get -y install shotdetect

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

You can also use apt command to install shotdetect.

sudo apt -y install shotdetect

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

sudo aptitude install shotdetect

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