streamlink command not found

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

Introduction

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

streamlink: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: streamlink: command not found

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

In Ubuntu streamlink is provided by streamlink package.

streamlink is:

Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player, such as VLC. The main purpose of streamlink is to avoid resource-heavy and unoptimized websites, while still allowing the user to enjoy various streamed content.

Streamlink is a fork of the Livestreamer project.

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

sudo apt-get -y install streamlink

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

You can also use apt command to install streamlink.

sudo apt -y install streamlink

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

sudo aptitude install streamlink

Summary

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