[Elecraft] K3/P3 utilities and error 127 [Solved]

[David Sanders W4DES]

Problem solved.  Error: 127 indicates you don’t have curl installed (thanks to W8FGU).
Just needed: sudo apt-get install curl

A more informative error message would have saved a lot of head scratching.

73, David W4DES



On Jun 24, 2014, at 6:04 PM, David Sanders W4DES <w4des at sandersweb.net> wrote:

> I keep getting this from the k3util and p3 util on Linux Mint 17:
> 17:58:33 Connecting to ftp.elecraft.com. Please be patient, this takes a few seconds.
> 17:58:33 Unable to connect to Elecraft server. Error: 127
> 
> I can connect to ftp.elecraft.com from other programs and download the firmware, but I’d like to get the utilities working.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> David W4DES
>