b43-fwcutter command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix b43-fwcutter command not found error message

Introduction

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

b43-fwcutter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: b43-fwcutter: command not found

In Ubuntu b43-fwcutter is provided by b43-fwcutter package.

b43-fwcutter is:

This package provides a tool for extracting BCM43xx wireless chip firmware from Broadcom’s proprietary driver files.

It is used by the firmware-b43(legacy)-installer packages as part of the automated process of downloading and installing firmware.

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

sudo apt-get -y install b43-fwcutter

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

You can also use apt command to install b43-fwcutter.

sudo apt -y install b43-fwcutter

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

sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

In this tutorial we learn how to fix b43-fwcutter command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.