bsdl2jtag command not found

Introduction

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

bsdl2jtag: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bsdl2jtag: command not found

Solutions to bsdl2jtag: command not found

How To Fix bsdl2jtag: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bsdl2jtag is provided by openwince-jtag package.

openwince-jtag is:

The openwince-jtag package contains the jtag tool which allows working with JTAG aware hardware devices and boards using a JTAG adaptor. It’s possible to program new firmware into flash chips or download bitstreams to FPGAs with this tool.

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

sudo apt-get -y install openwince-jtag

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

You can also use apt command to install openwince-jtag.

sudo apt -y install openwince-jtag

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

sudo aptitude install openwince-jtag

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bsdl2jtag command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.