mkdns323fw command not found

Introduction

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

mkdns323fw: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mkdns323fw: command not found

Solutions to mkdns323fw: command not found

How To Fix mkdns323fw: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mkdns323fw is provided by dns323-firmware-tools package.

dns323-firmware-tools is:

This package contains programs for manipulating the firmware images used by a range of small consumer-grade NAS devices, such as the D-Link DNS-323.

These firmware images are what are used to “bundle” the kernel, initrd, and other data when uploading new firmware images using the “stock” interface. If you are already running a custom firmware, it is likely that these tools will be of no use to you, and you will need to use whatever update mechanism is provided by your firmware.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dns323-firmware-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install dns323-firmware-tools.

sudo apt -y install dns323-firmware-tools

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

sudo aptitude install dns323-firmware-tools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mkdns323fw command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.