wouxun command not found

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

Introduction

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

wouxun: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wouxun: command not found

Solutions to wouxun: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wouxun is provided by owx package.

owx is:

Open Wouxun (OWX) is a portable, open-source, command-line utility designed to program Wouxun dual-banders under any modern UNIX operating system. It supports KG-UV2D, KG-UVD1P and possibly other radios that identify as KG669V (such as Navcomm TK-890, Midland TK-790, Albrecht DB-270, Dynascan DB-48 and other brands).

Utility has five functions. They are used to:

check radio connection
download binary data from radio
upload binary data to radio
export human-readable spreadsheet from binary data file
import edited spreadsheet into existing binary data file

Binary data contains everything that can be changed in the radio - all settings, channels, current modes of operation etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install owx

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

You can also use apt command to install owx.

sudo apt -y install owx

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

sudo aptitude install owx

Summary

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