byzanz-playback command not found

Introduction

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

byzanz-playback: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: byzanz-playback: command not found

Solutions to byzanz-playback: command not found

How To Fix byzanz-playback: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu byzanz-playback is provided by byzanz package.

byzanz is:

Byzanz is a desktop recorder and command line tool allowing you to record your current desktop or parts of it to an animated GIF, Ogg Theora, Flash or WebM. This is especially useful for publishing on the web.

Byzanz also allows recording of audio, when the output format supports it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install byzanz

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

You can also use apt command to install byzanz.

sudo apt -y install byzanz

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

sudo aptitude install byzanz

Summary

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