mpeg3dump command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mpeg3dump command not found error message

Introduction

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

mpeg3dump: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mpeg3dump: command not found

In Ubuntu mpeg3dump is provided by mpeg3-utils package.

mpeg3-utils is:

LibMPEG3 is a versatile and high-performance library capable of decoding both audio and video from many different MPEG formats.

This package includes several utilities for working with MPEG2 streams.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mpeg3-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install mpeg3-utils.

sudo apt -y install mpeg3-utils

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

sudo aptitude install mpeg3-utils

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mpeg3dump command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.