vicc command not found

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

Introduction

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

vicc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vicc: command not found

In Ubuntu vicc is provided by vsmartcard-vpicc package.

vsmartcard-vpicc is:

Vpicc emulator connects to the virtual smart card reader (vpcd) listening locally or on a remote host.

Smart card applications can access the Virtual Smart Card through the vpcd driver via PC/SC, where vpcd is installed.

This package is built for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vsmartcard-vpicc

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

You can also use apt command to install vsmartcard-vpicc.

sudo apt -y install vsmartcard-vpicc

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

sudo aptitude install vsmartcard-vpicc

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