dfu-util command not found

Introduction

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

dfu-util: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dfu-util: command not found

Solutions to dfu-util: command not found

How To Fix dfu-util: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dfu-util is provided by dfu-util package.

dfu-util is:

dfu-util is a program that implements the host (PC) side of the USB DFU 1.0 and 1.1 (Universal Serial Bus Device Firmware Upgrade) protocol.

DFU is intended to download and upload firmware to devices connected over USB. It ranges from small devices like micro-controller boards up to mobile phones. With dfu-util you are able to download firmware to your device or upload firmware from it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dfu-util

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

You can also use apt command to install dfu-util.

sudo apt -y install dfu-util

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

sudo aptitude install dfu-util

Summary

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