simg2simg command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix simg2simg command not found error message

Introduction

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

simg2simg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: simg2simg: command not found

In Ubuntu simg2simg is provided by android-sdk-libsparse-utils package.

android-sdk-libsparse-utils is:

Command line tools to create sparse images for usage with Android devices. Includes simg2img, img2simg, simg2simg, simg_dump and append2simg tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install android-sdk-libsparse-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install android-sdk-libsparse-utils.

sudo apt -y install android-sdk-libsparse-utils

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

sudo aptitude install android-sdk-libsparse-utils

In this tutorial we learn how to fix simg2simg command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.