selftest_rostest command not found

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

Introduction

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

selftest_rostest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: selftest_rostest: command not found

In Ubuntu selftest_rostest is provided by libself-test-tools package.

libself-test-tools is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It uses the diagnostic_updater to perform a self test on a driver, using a special service call.

This package contains the tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libself-test-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install libself-test-tools.

sudo apt -y install libself-test-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libself-test-tools

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