gcap command not found

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

Introduction

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

gcap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gcap: command not found

In Ubuntu gcap is provided by gcap package.

gcap is:

gcap is a command line tool for retrieving YouTube closed captions. The retrieved closed captions are saved in SubRip (srt) file format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcap

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

You can also use apt command to install gcap.

sudo apt -y install gcap

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

sudo aptitude install gcap

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