hci-tester command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hci-tester command not found error message

Introduction

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

hci-tester: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hci-tester: command not found

In Ubuntu hci-tester is provided by bluez-tests package.

bluez-tests is:

This package contains test tools and scripts used for testing BlueZ.

BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).

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

sudo apt-get -y install bluez-tests

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

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

sudo apt -y install bluez-tests

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

sudo aptitude install bluez-tests

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