ir-keytable command not found

Introduction

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

ir-keytable: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ir-keytable: command not found

Solutions to ir-keytable: command not found

How To Fix ir-keytable: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ir-keytable is provided by ir-keytable package.

ir-keytable is:

This package allows one to change the keymap of controller receivers. Those receivers are found as infrared receivers on DVB sticks or on framegrabber cards. Via ir-keytable the mapping from a scancode to the generated event can be customized and made persistent.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ir-keytable

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

You can also use apt command to install ir-keytable.

sudo apt -y install ir-keytable

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

sudo aptitude install ir-keytable

Summary

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