metacam command not found

Introduction

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

metacam: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: metacam: command not found

Solutions to metacam: command not found

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

In Ubuntu metacam is provided by metacam package.

metacam is:

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a standard for storing interchange information in image files, especially those using JPEG compression. Most digital cameras, including mobile phones, now use the EXIF format.

The format is part of the DCF standard created by JEIDA to encourage the interoperability between imaging devices. In addition to the standard EXIF fields, MetaCam also supports vendor-specific extensions from Nikon, Olympus, Canon and Casio.

This program is useful in forensics investigations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install metacam

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

You can also use apt command to install metacam.

sudo apt -y install metacam

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

sudo aptitude install metacam

Summary

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