zkacard-tool command not found

Introduction

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

zkacard-tool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: zkacard-tool: command not found

Solutions to zkacard-tool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu zkacard-tool is provided by libchipcard-tools package.

libchipcard-tools is:

libchipcard provides an API for accessing smartcards. Examples are memory cards, as well as HBCI (home banking), German GeldKarte (electronic small change), and KVK (health insurance) cards.

This package contains tools for chipcards, e.g. geldkarte.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libchipcard-tools

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

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

sudo apt -y install libchipcard-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libchipcard-tools

Summary

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