fastboot command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix fastboot command not found error message

Introduction

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

fastboot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fastboot: command not found

In Ubuntu fastboot is provided by fastboot package.

fastboot is:

A command line tool for flashing an Android device, boot an Android device to fastboot mode, etc..

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

sudo apt-get -y install fastboot

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

You can also use apt command to install fastboot.

sudo apt -y install fastboot

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

sudo aptitude install fastboot

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