tv_cat command not found

Introduction

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

tv_cat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tv_cat: command not found

Solutions to tv_cat: command not found

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

In Ubuntu tv_cat is provided by xmltv-util package.

xmltv-util is:

Gather television listings, process them and organize your viewing. XMLTV is a file format for storing TV listings, defined in xmltv.dtd.

This package includes general programs that are part of the XMLTV package, such as various “grabbers” to get TV listings from online providers and utilities to manipulate such listings.

The upstream CGI (web) front-end example is included as part of the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmltv-util

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

You can also use apt command to install xmltv-util.

sudo apt -y install xmltv-util

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

sudo aptitude install xmltv-util

Summary

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