cec-client command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix cec-client command not found error message

Introduction

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

cec-client: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cec-client: command not found

In Ubuntu cec-client is provided by cec-utils package.

cec-utils is:

This library provides support for the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter and other CEC capable hardware, like the Raspberry Pi.

This package provides the CEC utility programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cec-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install cec-utils.

sudo apt -y install cec-utils

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

sudo aptitude install cec-utils

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