bladerf-tool command not found

Introduction

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

bladerf-tool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bladerf-tool: command not found

Solutions to bladerf-tool: command not found

How To Fix bladerf-tool: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bladerf-tool is provided by python3-bladerf package.

python3-bladerf is:

The Nuand bladeRF is an open-source software-defined radio (SDR) system, comprised of an RF transceiver, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a microcontroller driving a USB 3.0 interface, and a suite of host libraries and drivers to facilitate interaction with the device.

This package provides Python bindings for controlling the bladeRF.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-bladerf

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-bladerf.

sudo apt -y install python3-bladerf

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

sudo aptitude install python3-bladerf

Summary

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