bit2fp command not found

Introduction

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

bit2fp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bit2fp: command not found

Solutions to bit2fp: command not found

How To Fix bit2fp: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bit2fp is provided by fpgatools package.

fpgatools is:

fpgatools is a toolchain to program field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The only supported chip at this time is the xc6slx9, a cheap but powerful 45nm-generation chip with about 2400 LUTs, block ram and multiply-accumulate devices.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fpgatools

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

You can also use apt command to install fpgatools.

sudo apt -y install fpgatools

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

sudo aptitude install fpgatools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bit2fp command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.