tablet-encode command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix tablet-encode command not found error message

Introduction

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

tablet-encode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tablet-encode: command not found

In Ubuntu tablet-encode is provided by tablet-encode package.

tablet-encode is:

tablet-encode can help with all these problems:

It guarantees the output to be playable on a Nokia Internet Tablet using a system of “profiles”.
It can rip and encode DVDs in a single step (dependent on mencoder version).
It has a simple GUI interface for easily converting videos.
It has a command-line interface so it can be easily scripted to interface to your PVR (for example, MythTV, Freevo or VDR).
Presets allow tradeoff between space/quality to be decided on a per-video basis.
Can optimise video size for the Internet Tablet’s 15:9 screen.
Handles anamorphic video sources such as widescreen DVDs.
Output works with either the built-in Media Player, or mplayer.
GUI and command line modes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tablet-encode

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

You can also use apt command to install tablet-encode.

sudo apt -y install tablet-encode

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

sudo aptitude install tablet-encode

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