fmfconv command not found

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

Introduction

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

fmfconv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fmfconv: command not found

Solutions to fmfconv: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fmfconv is provided by fuse-emulator-utils package.

fuse-emulator-utils is:

The Fuse utilities are a few tools which may be of occasional use when dealing with ZX Spectrum emulator files. They were originally distributed with Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, but are now independent of Fuse and can be used on their own.

The available utilities are:

  • audio2tape: convert an audio file to tape format.
  • createhdf: create an empty .hdf IDE hard disk image.
  • fmfconv: converter tool for FMF movie files.
  • listbasic: list the BASIC in a snapshot or tape file.
  • profile2map: convert Fuse profiler output to Z80-style map format.
  • raw2hdf: create a .hdf IDE hard disk image from another file.
  • rzxcheck: verify the digital signature in an RZX file.
  • rzxdump: list the contents of an RZX input recording file.
  • rzxtool: add, extract or remove the embedded snapshot from an RZX file, or compress or uncompress the file.
  • scl2trd: convert .scl disk images to .trd disk images.
  • snap2tzx: convert snapshots to TZX tape images.
  • snapconv: convert between snapshot formats.
  • snapdump: list contents of snapshot files.
  • tape2pulses: dumps the pulse information from tape images to text files.
  • tape2wav: convert a tape file to .wav audio format.
  • tapeconv: convert between .tzx and .tap files.
  • tzxlist: list the contents of a TZX, TAP, PZX or Warajevo TAP file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fuse-emulator-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install fuse-emulator-utils.

sudo apt -y install fuse-emulator-utils

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

sudo aptitude install fuse-emulator-utils

Summary

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