tbtadm command not found

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

Introduction

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

tbtadm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tbtadm: command not found

In Ubuntu tbtadm is provided by thunderbolt-tools package.

thunderbolt-tools is:

Provides components for using Intel Thunderbolt controllers with security level features

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

sudo apt-get -y install thunderbolt-tools

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

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

sudo apt -y install thunderbolt-tools

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

sudo aptitude install thunderbolt-tools

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