0xFFFF command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix 0xFFFF command not found error message

Introduction

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

0xFFFF: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: 0xFFFF: command not found

Solutions to 0xFFFF: command not found

How To Fix 0xFFFF: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu 0xFFFF is provided by 0xffff package.

0xffff is:

The ‘Open Free Fiasco Firmware Flasher’ aka 0xFFFF utility implements a free userspace handler for the NOLO bootloader and extended features for flashing, dumping and getting information for the Nokia Internet Tablets. Thus it’s a free alternative to Nokia’s closed source flashing utility called flasher.

Supported operations currently include, but are not limited to:

  • generating and unpacking FIASCO images on local device
  • editing Maemo firmware packages
  • flashing any kind image type to Maemo devices via USB
  • “cold” flashing for devices with bricked bootloaders
  • direct kernel boot without flashing it to NAND
  • changing configuration of Maemo device (R&D flags, HW revision strings, …)

Supported are the Nokia 770, N800, N810, N810w, N900, N950 and N9.

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

sudo apt-get -y install 0xffff

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

You can also use apt command to install 0xffff.

sudo apt -y install 0xffff

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

sudo aptitude install 0xffff

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix 0xFFFF command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.