lqtplay command not found

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

Introduction

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

lqtplay: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lqtplay: command not found

Solutions to lqtplay: command not found

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

In Ubuntu lqtplay is provided by quicktime-x11utils package.

quicktime-x11utils is:

libquicktime is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files on UNIX systems. Video CODECs supported by this library are OpenDivX, MJPA, JPEG Photo, PNG, RGB, YUV 4:2:2, and YUV 4:2:0 compression. Supported audio CODECs are Ogg Vorbis, IMA4, ulaw, and any linear PCM format.

This package contains additional utilities for the X window system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install quicktime-x11utils

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

You can also use apt command to install quicktime-x11utils.

sudo apt -y install quicktime-x11utils

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

sudo aptitude install quicktime-x11utils

Summary

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