subtitleeditor command not found

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

Introduction

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

subtitleeditor: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: subtitleeditor: command not found

Solutions to subtitleeditor: command not found

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

In Ubuntu subtitleeditor is provided by subtitleeditor package.

subtitleeditor is:

Subtitle Editor is a GTK+3 tool to edit subtitles. It can be used for new subtitles or as a tool to transform, edit, correct and refine existing subtitles.

This program also shows sound waves, which makes it easier to synchronise subtitles to voices.

This package has these features

o Multiple document interface. o Internationalization support. o Video player integrated in the main window (based on GStreamer). o Can play preview with external video player (using MPlayer or other). o Style Editor. o Move subtitle. o Scale. o Split and joint subtitle. o Edit text and adjust time (start, end). o Generate Waveform from Video.

Supported formats:

o Sub Station Alpha. o Advanced Sub Station Alpha. o SubRip. o MicroDVD. o MPL2. o MPsub (MPlayer subtitle). o SubViewer 2.0. o Plain-Text. o Adobe Encore DVD.

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

sudo apt-get -y install subtitleeditor

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

You can also use apt command to install subtitleeditor.

sudo apt -y install subtitleeditor

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

sudo aptitude install subtitleeditor

Summary

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