rtl_tcp command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
rtl_tcp: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: rtl_tcp: command not found
Solutions to rtl_tcp: command not found
How To Fix rtl_tcp: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu rtl_tcp is provided by rtl-sdr package.
rtl-sdr is:
rtl-sdr is a software defined radio (SDR) receiver software for certain low-cost DVB-T/DAB(+) USB dongles based on the Realtek RTL2832U chip.
This package contains a set of command line utilities:
- rtl_adsb: a simple ADS-B decoder for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_eeprom: an EEPROM programming tool for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_fm: a narrow band FM demodulator for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_sdr: an I/Q recorder for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_tcp: an I/Q spectrum server for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_test: a benchmark tool for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install rtl-sdr
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install rtl-sdr.
sudo apt -y install rtl-sdr
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install rtl-sdr
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix rtl_tcp command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.