hacktv command not found

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

Introduction

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

hacktv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hacktv: command not found

Solutions to hacktv: command not found

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

In Ubuntu hacktv is provided by hacktv package.

hacktv is:

This is a program to generate a PAL/NTSC video signal from a video file or test pattern. Input is any file type or URL supported by ffmpeg. Output can be to a file or directly to a HackRF.

  • Teletext support
  • NICAM stereo audio
  • Rudimentary Videocrypt I hardware support

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

sudo apt-get -y install hacktv

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

You can also use apt command to install hacktv.

sudo apt -y install hacktv

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

sudo aptitude install hacktv

Summary

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