flashcp command not found

Introduction

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

flashcp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: flashcp: command not found

Solutions to flashcp: command not found

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

In Ubuntu flashcp is provided by mtd-utils package.

mtd-utils is:

Utilities for manipulating memory technology devices, such as flash memory, Disk-On-Chip, or ROM. Includes the following tools: docfdisk, doc_loadbios, flashcp, flash_erase, flash_eraseall, flash_lock, flash_otp_dump, flash_otp_info, flash_otp_lock, flash_otp_write, flash_unlock, ftl_check, ftl_format, jffs2dump, jffs2reader, lsmtd, mkfs.jffs2, mkfs.ubifs, mtd_debug, mtdinfo, mtdpart, nanddump, nandtest, nandwrite, nftldump, nftl_format, recv_image, rfddump, rfdformat, serve_image, sumtool, ubiattach, ubiblock, ubicrc32, ubidetach, ubiformat, ubihealthd, ubimkvol, ubinfo, ubinize, ubirename, ubirmvol, ubirsvol, ubiupdatevol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mtd-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install mtd-utils.

sudo apt -y install mtd-utils

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

sudo aptitude install mtd-utils

Summary

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