mbimcli command not found

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

Introduction

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

mbimcli: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mbimcli: command not found

In Ubuntu mbimcli is provided by libmbim-utils package.

libmbim-utils is:

libmbim is a glib-based library for talking to WWAN modems and devices which speak the Mobile Interface Broadband Model (MBIM) protocol.

This package contains the utilities that make it easier to use MBIM functionality from the command line.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmbim-utils

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

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

sudo apt -y install libmbim-utils

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

sudo aptitude install libmbim-utils

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