handbrake command not found

Introduction

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

handbrake: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: handbrake: command not found

Solutions to handbrake: command not found

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

In Ubuntu handbrake is provided by handbrake package.

handbrake is:

HandBrake is a versatile, easy-to-use tool for converting DVDs and other videos into H.264, XViD, or Ogg formatted media. It’s particularly useful for making videos that are compatible with portable video devices such as the Apple iPod/iPhone or Sony PSP.

This package contains the graphical variant, ghb.

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

sudo apt-get -y install handbrake

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

You can also use apt command to install handbrake.

sudo apt -y install handbrake

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

sudo aptitude install handbrake

Summary

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