axcall command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix axcall command not found error message

Introduction

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

axcall: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: axcall: command not found

In Ubuntu axcall is provided by ax25-apps package.

ax25-apps is:

This package provides specific user applications for hamradio that use AX.25 Net/ROM or ROSE network protocols:

axcall: a general purpose AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE connection program.
axlisten: a network monitor of all AX.25 traffic heard by the system.
ax25ipd: an RFC1226 compliant daemon which provides encapsulation of AX.25 traffic over IP.
ax25mond: retransmits data received from sockets into an AX.25 monitor socket.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ax25-apps

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

You can also use apt command to install ax25-apps.

sudo apt -y install ax25-apps

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

sudo aptitude install ax25-apps

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