v4l-conf command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix v4l-conf command not found error message

Introduction

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

v4l-conf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: v4l-conf: command not found

In Ubuntu v4l-conf is provided by v4l-conf package.

v4l-conf is:

XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.

This package provides a small tool to configure a video4linux device driver. It is required to make the video overlay work in fbtv and xawtv.

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

sudo apt-get -y install v4l-conf

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

You can also use apt command to install v4l-conf.

sudo apt -y install v4l-conf

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

sudo aptitude install v4l-conf

In this tutorial we learn how to fix v4l-conf command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.