hasciicam command not found

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

Introduction

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

hasciicam: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hasciicam: command not found

Solutions to hasciicam: command not found

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

In Ubuntu hasciicam is provided by hasciicam package.

hasciicam is:

Hasciicam makes it possible to have live ASCII video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii, formatting the output into an html page with a refresh tag or in a live ASCII window or in a simple text file as well, giving the possibility to anybody that has a bttv card, a Linux box and a cheap modem line to show a live ASCII video feed that can be browsable without any need for plugin, java etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hasciicam

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

You can also use apt command to install hasciicam.

sudo apt -y install hasciicam

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

sudo aptitude install hasciicam

Summary

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