imx_uart command not found

Introduction

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

imx_uart: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: imx_uart: command not found

Solutions to imx_uart: command not found

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

In Ubuntu imx_uart is provided by imx-usb-loader package.

imx-usb-loader is:

This utility allows one to download and execute code on Freescale i.MX5/i.MX6/i.MX7 and Vybrid SoCs through the Serial Download Protocol (SDP). Depending on the board, there is usually some kind of recovery button to bring the SoC into serial download boot mode, check documentation of your hardware.

The utility support USB and UART as serial link.

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

sudo apt-get -y install imx-usb-loader

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

You can also use apt command to install imx-usb-loader.

sudo apt -y install imx-usb-loader

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

sudo aptitude install imx-usb-loader

Summary

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