usbrelay command not found

Introduction

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

usbrelay: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: usbrelay: command not found

Solutions to usbrelay: command not found

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

In Ubuntu usbrelay is provided by usbrelay package.

usbrelay is:

a small utility to control USB HID based relays that can be used for home automation or other switching needs. The devices are available from several sources and are able to handle up to 10A 250VAC.

An example application are USB controlable power switches. You may use such a switch to control the power supply of an external hard disk drive for backup purposes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install usbrelay

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

You can also use apt command to install usbrelay.

sudo apt -y install usbrelay

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

sudo aptitude install usbrelay

Summary

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