uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance command not found

Introduction

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

uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance: command not found

Solutions to uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance: command not found

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

In Ubuntu uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance is provided by uhd-host package.

uhd-host is:

Host utilities for the Universal Hardware Driver for Ettus Research products.

The supported devices provide analog radio receiver and transmitter hardware along with digital interfaces for getting signals to and from a software defined radio running on the host computer.

This package includes the uhd_find_devices application to locate and configure attached peripherals, the uhd_usrp_probe application to display hardware configuration information and Doxygen generated documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install uhd-host

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

You can also use apt command to install uhd-host.

sudo apt -y install uhd-host

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

sudo aptitude install uhd-host

Summary

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