u3-tool command not found

Introduction

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

u3-tool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: u3-tool: command not found

Solutions to u3-tool: command not found

How To Fix u3-tool: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu u3-tool is provided by u3-tool package.

u3-tool is:

Tool for controlling USB flash devices that conform to the U3 specifications. You can do the following with your U3 flash:

• Replace the CD image
• Change the size of the virtual CD or completely remove it
• Enable and disable security
• Unlock and change the password of secured U3 device
• Obtain various device information

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

sudo apt-get -y install u3-tool

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

You can also use apt command to install u3-tool.

sudo apt -y install u3-tool

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

sudo aptitude install u3-tool

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix u3-tool command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.