bt-adapter command not found

Introduction

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

bt-adapter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bt-adapter: command not found

Solutions to bt-adapter: command not found

How To Fix bt-adapter: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bt-adapter is provided by bluez-tools package.

bluez-tools is:

Bluez-tools provides command line tools to functions of Bluetooth. They are Bluetooth adapter control, Bluetooth agent, sound, input, network and other.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bluez-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install bluez-tools.

sudo apt -y install bluez-tools

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

sudo aptitude install bluez-tools

Summary

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