boltctl command not found

Introduction

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

boltctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: boltctl: command not found

Solutions to boltctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu boltctl is provided by bolt package.

bolt is:

Thunderbolt 3 features different security modes that require devices to be authorized before they can be used. The D-Bus API can be used to list devices, enroll them (authorize and store them in the local database) and forget them again (remove previously enrolled devices). It also emits signals if new devices are connected (or removed). During enrollment devices can be set to be automatically authorized as soon as they are connected. A command line tool, called boltctl, can be used to control the daemon and perform all the above mentioned tasks.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bolt

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

You can also use apt command to install bolt.

sudo apt -y install bolt

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

sudo aptitude install bolt

Summary

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