guvcview command not found

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

Introduction

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

guvcview: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: guvcview: command not found

In Ubuntu guvcview is provided by guvcview package.

guvcview is:

guvcview is a simple GTK+ interface for capturing and viewing video from devices supported by the Linux UVC driver.

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

sudo apt-get -y install guvcview

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

You can also use apt command to install guvcview.

sudo apt -y install guvcview

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

sudo aptitude install guvcview

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