ppstest command not found

Introduction

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

ppstest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ppstest: command not found

Solutions to ppstest: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ppstest is provided by pps-tools package.

pps-tools is:

This package includes the necessary headers for using LinuxPPS PPSAPI kernel interface in user-space applications and several support tools:

• ppstest: PPSAPI interface tester
• ppsldisc: setup correct RS232 line discipline
• ppswatch: continuously print PPS timestamps
• ppsctl: PPS device manager
• ppsfind: find pps device by name

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

sudo apt-get -y install pps-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install pps-tools.

sudo apt -y install pps-tools

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

sudo aptitude install pps-tools

Summary

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