dvblastctl command not found

Introduction

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

dvblastctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dvblastctl: command not found

Solutions to dvblastctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dvblastctl is provided by dvblast package.

dvblast is:

DVBlast is a simple and powerful streaming application based on the linux-dvb API. It opens a DVB device, tunes it, places PID filters, configures a CAM module, and demultiplexes the packets to several RTP outputs.

DVBlast is designed to be the core of a custom IRD or CID, based on a PC with Linux-supported DVB cards.

DVBlast does not do any kind of processing on the elementary streams, such as transcoding, PID remapping or remultiplexing. it does not stream from plain files, only DVB devices. If you were looking for these features, switch to VLC.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dvblast

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

You can also use apt command to install dvblast.

sudo apt -y install dvblast

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

sudo aptitude install dvblast

Summary

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