play_cell command not found

Introduction

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

play_cell: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: play_cell: command not found

Solutions to play_cell: command not found

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

In Ubuntu play_cell is provided by vamps package.

vamps is:

Vamps reduces the size of DVD compliant MPEG2 program streams by selectively copying audio and subpicture tracks and by resizing the embedded elementary video stream. The shrink factor may be either specified for the video elementary stream only or for the video ES only or for the full PS.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vamps

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

You can also use apt command to install vamps.

sudo apt -y install vamps

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

sudo aptitude install vamps

Summary

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