tsdecrypt_ffdecsa command not found

Introduction

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

tsdecrypt_ffdecsa: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tsdecrypt_ffdecsa: command not found

Solutions to tsdecrypt_ffdecsa: command not found

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

In Ubuntu tsdecrypt_ffdecsa is provided by tsdecrypt package.

tsdecrypt is:

tsdecrypt reads incoming MPEG transport stream over UDP/RTP and then decrypts it using libdvbcsa and keys obtained from OSCAM or similar cam server. tsdecrypt communicates with CAM server using cs378x (camd35 over tcp) protocol or newcamd protocol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tsdecrypt

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

You can also use apt command to install tsdecrypt.

sudo apt -y install tsdecrypt

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

sudo aptitude install tsdecrypt

Summary

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