dh_vdrplugin_depends command not found

Introduction

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

dh_vdrplugin_depends: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_vdrplugin_depends: command not found

Solutions to dh_vdrplugin_depends: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dh_vdrplugin_depends is provided by vdr-dev package.

vdr-dev is:

Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-receiver program using Linux and DVB technologies. It allows one to record MPEG2 streams, as well as output the stream to TV. It is also possible to watch DVDs (hardware accelerated) with some comfort and use an IR remote control.

This package contains the header files of VDR. You need this package to be able to build vdr-plugins!

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install vdr-dev.

sudo apt -y install vdr-dev

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

sudo aptitude install vdr-dev

Summary

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