ponyprog command not found

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

Introduction

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

ponyprog: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ponyprog: command not found

Solutions to ponyprog: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ponyprog is provided by ponyprog package.

ponyprog is:

PonyProg is a serial device programmer software with a user friendly GUI framework available for Windows and Linux. It’s purpose is reading and writing every serial device. With PonyProg and SI-Prog you can program Wafercard for SAT, eeprom within GSM, TV or CAR-RADIO. Furthermore it can be used as a low cost starter kit for PIC and AVR.

Ponyprog supports AVR, SPI eeprom, AVR micro, 12C bus 8bit eeprom, PIC 16 micro, PIC 12 micro, AT89S micro and SDE2506 eeprom family chips.

You can open any HEX, e2p, mot, csm, rom, eep, bin files and burn them to uC or PIC. You can even backup the old program on the chip using Ponyprog. Ponyprog enables the user to write, verify and erase data on the microchip.

Also setting fuse bits and locks using Ponyprog is possible. You can save any HEX file to BIN file or eep file, BIN file to HEX file or MOT file and vice versa so you can use Ponyprog as converter too. Ponyprog offers serial or parallel port programming for uC’s. You can even change polarity of control lines without touching the wires using I/O port setup.

Using Ponyprog together with generic USB2serial adapters is currently not possible! There are plans on upstream to use libusb to add such functionality.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ponyprog

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

You can also use apt command to install ponyprog.

sudo apt -y install ponyprog

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

sudo aptitude install ponyprog

Summary

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