pcscd command not found

Introduction

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

pcscd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pcscd: command not found

Solutions to pcscd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pcscd is provided by pcscd package.

pcscd is:

The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smart cards and smart cards readers.

The PC/SC daemon is used to dynamically allocate/deallocate reader drivers at runtime and manage connections to the readers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pcscd

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

You can also use apt command to install pcscd.

sudo apt -y install pcscd

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

sudo aptitude install pcscd

Summary

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