mtkbabel command not found

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

Introduction

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

mtkbabel: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mtkbabel: command not found

Solutions to mtkbabel: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mtkbabel is provided by mtkbabel package.

mtkbabel is:

MTKBabel is a command line program to operate the i-Blue 747 GPS data logger. It should work also with other GPS devices based on the MediaTek MTK chipset. For instance the Holux M-241 GPS data logger, the Holux M-1200E, as well as the 747 A+ GPS Trip Recorder, are also known to work.

The main features are:

  • Command line interface
  • Save data log in GPX and raw binary format
  • If required retrieve all the data, also the old one being overlapped
  • Change logging criteria: time, distance, speed
  • Change log format
  • START/STOP logging
  • Set OVERLAP or STOP method on memory full
  • Erase the internal memory

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

sudo apt-get -y install mtkbabel

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

You can also use apt command to install mtkbabel.

sudo apt -y install mtkbabel

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

sudo aptitude install mtkbabel

Summary

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