lives_mkv_encoder3 command not found

Introduction

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

lives_mkv_encoder3: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lives_mkv_encoder3: command not found

Solutions to lives_mkv_encoder3: command not found

How To Fix lives_mkv_encoder3: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu lives_mkv_encoder3 is provided by lives-plugins package.

lives-plugins is:

LiVES is a Video Editing system allowing both novice and advanced users to edit and create video straight away. It can also be used as a VJ tool, and can be scripted and controlled remotely.

This package provides a comprehensive collection of LiVES’s plugins.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lives-plugins

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

You can also use apt command to install lives-plugins.

sudo apt -y install lives-plugins

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

sudo aptitude install lives-plugins

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix lives_mkv_encoder3 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.