mythutil command not found

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

Introduction

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

mythutil: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mythutil: command not found

In Ubuntu mythutil is provided by mythtv-common package.

mythtv-common is:

MythTV provides a unified graphical interface for recording and viewing television programs. Refer to the mythtv package for more information.

This package contains infrastructure needed by both the client and the server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mythtv-common

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

You can also use apt command to install mythtv-common.

sudo apt -y install mythtv-common

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

sudo aptitude install mythtv-common

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