skales-mkbootimg command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix skales-mkbootimg command not found error message

Introduction

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

skales-mkbootimg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: skales-mkbootimg: command not found

Solutions to skales-mkbootimg: command not found

How To Fix skales-mkbootimg: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu skales-mkbootimg is provided by skales package.

skales is:

Scripts and tools used to build kernel images for some Qualcomm SoC based boards, such as DragonBoard 410c.

Tools included in the package:

  • dtbTool Clone of dtbTool from Android (creates a QCDT image)
  • mkbootimg Creates a boot.img for fastboot

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

sudo apt-get -y install skales

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

You can also use apt command to install skales.

sudo apt -y install skales

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

sudo aptitude install skales

Summary

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