meshctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

meshctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: meshctl: command not found

In Ubuntu meshctl is provided by bluez-meshd package.

bluez-meshd is:

The Bluetooth Mesh network is a new Bluetooth feature that extends “Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)”.

This package provides daemon (meshd) and tools that provide Bluetooth mesh functionality.

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-meshd

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

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

sudo apt -y install bluez-meshd

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

sudo aptitude install bluez-meshd

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