mkfs.fat command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mkfs.fat command not found error message

Introduction

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

mkfs.fat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mkfs.fat: command not found

In Ubuntu mkfs.fat is provided by dosfstools package.

dosfstools is:

The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dosfstools

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

You can also use apt command to install dosfstools.

sudo apt -y install dosfstools

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

sudo aptitude install dosfstools

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