ftdi_eeprom command not found

Introduction

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

ftdi_eeprom: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ftdi_eeprom: command not found

Solutions to ftdi_eeprom: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ftdi_eeprom is provided by ftdi-eeprom package.

ftdi-eeprom is:

ftdi-eeprom is a small tool for creating and uploading the configuration EEPROM for the FTDI chip. This eeprom contains information such as vendor and product ID, manufacturer and product strings, revision, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ftdi-eeprom

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

You can also use apt command to install ftdi-eeprom.

sudo apt -y install ftdi-eeprom

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

sudo aptitude install ftdi-eeprom

Summary

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