xvidenc command not found

Introduction

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

xvidenc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xvidenc: command not found

Solutions to xvidenc: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xvidenc is provided by xvidenc package.

xvidenc is:

A shell script which makes it easy to encode DVDs, (S)VCDs or video files to the Xvid video format using MEncoder from the MPlayer project.

xvidenc is written in a way to be useful for power users yet it is also very user friendly for people who are novices when it comes to video encoding. xvidenc operates by asking questions to the user, collecting input and passing it over to the encoding software. One of its unique features is the ability to use built-in video quality presets. This is especially useful to people who are just starting to encode video.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xvidenc

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

You can also use apt command to install xvidenc.

sudo apt -y install xvidenc

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

sudo aptitude install xvidenc

Summary

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