mytharchivehelper command not found

Introduction

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

mytharchivehelper: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mytharchivehelper: command not found

Solutions to mytharchivehelper: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mytharchivehelper is provided by mytharchive package.

mytharchive is:

MythArchive is a plugin for MythTV that lets you create DVDs from your recorded shows, files and any video files available on your system. It can also archive recordings in a proprietary format that archives not only the file but also all the associated metadata like title, description and cut list information which will mean you can create backups of myth recordings which can later be restored or it will also allow you to move recordings between myth systems without losing any of the metadata. It is a complete rewrite of the old MythBurn bash scripts, now using Python, and the mythfrontend UI plugin.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mytharchive

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

You can also use apt command to install mytharchive.

sudo apt -y install mytharchive

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

sudo aptitude install mytharchive

Summary

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