brasero command not found

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

Introduction

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

brasero: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: brasero: command not found

Solutions to brasero: command not found

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

In Ubuntu brasero is provided by brasero package.

brasero is:

Brasero is a simple application to burn, copy and erase CD and DVD media: audio, video or data. It features among other things:

  • On-the-fly burning
  • Multisession support
  • On-the-fly conversion of music playlists in all formats supported by GStreamer

This package contains the standalone app.

The following packages, if installed, will provide Brasero with added functionality:

  • cdrdao to burn combined data/audio CDs and for byte-to-byte copy
  • GStreamer backends to support more audio formats
  • vcdimager to create VCDs or SVCDs
  • libdvdcss2 to copy encrypted DVDs
  • tracker to search for video, audio, image and document files

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

sudo apt-get -y install brasero

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

You can also use apt command to install brasero.

sudo apt -y install brasero

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

sudo aptitude install brasero

Summary

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