dvbsnoop command not found

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

Introduction

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

dvbsnoop: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dvbsnoop: command not found

Solutions to dvbsnoop: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dvbsnoop is provided by dvbsnoop package.

dvbsnoop is:

This sniffer program can monitor, analyze, debug, dump or view DVB / MPEG / DSM-CC / MHP stream information:

  • ISO/DVB basic sections: BAT, PAT, SDT, NIT, …
  • DSM-CC: INT, MPE, MPE FEC, Datagram, …
  • TS (Transport Stream), PS (Program Stream), PES (Packetized Elementary Stream)

Input can be a live stream from a DVB card, or a recorded stream.

For DVB cards, it can also dump frontend information and status, and make a PID scan.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dvbsnoop

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

You can also use apt command to install dvbsnoop.

sudo apt -y install dvbsnoop

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

sudo aptitude install dvbsnoop

Summary

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