irobex_palm3 command not found

Introduction

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

irobex_palm3: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: irobex_palm3: command not found

Solutions to irobex_palm3: command not found

How To Fix irobex_palm3: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu irobex_palm3 is provided by openobex-apps package.

openobex-apps is:

The Object Exchange protocol can best be described as binary HTTP. OBEX is optimised for ad-hoc wireless links and can be used to exchange all kind of objects like files, pictures, calendar entries (vCal) and business cards (vCard).

OBEX is builtin in devices like PDA’s like the Palm Pilot, and mobile phones like the Ericsson R320, Siemens S25, Siemens S45, Siemens ME45, Nokia NM207 and Nokia 9110 Communicator.

This package contains some small utilities to control such devices.

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

sudo apt-get -y install openobex-apps

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

You can also use apt command to install openobex-apps.

sudo apt -y install openobex-apps

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

sudo aptitude install openobex-apps

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix irobex_palm3 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.