scantool command not found

Introduction

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

scantool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: scantool: command not found

Solutions to scantool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu scantool is provided by scantool package.

scantool is:

Scanning tool that communicates with OBD-II serial port devices, used for vehicle diagnostics. Requires a serial to CAN bus device specific to the OBD-II port for a given model vehicle.

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

sudo apt-get -y install scantool

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

You can also use apt command to install scantool.

sudo apt -y install scantool

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

sudo aptitude install scantool

Summary

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