appid_detector_builder.sh command not found

Introduction

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

appid_detector_builder.sh: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: appid_detector_builder.sh: command not found

Solutions to appid_detector_builder.sh: command not found

How To Fix appid_detector_builder.sh: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu appid_detector_builder.sh is provided by snort package.

snort is:

Snort is a libpcap-based packet sniffer/logger which can be used as a lightweight network intrusion detection system. It features rules-based logging and can perform content searching/matching in addition to detecting a variety of other attacks and probes, such as buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, and much more. Snort has a real-time alerting capability, with alerts being sent to syslog, a separate “alert” file, or even to a Windows computer via Samba.

This package provides the plain-vanilla version of Snort.

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

sudo apt-get -y install snort

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

You can also use apt command to install snort.

sudo apt -y install snort

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

sudo aptitude install snort

Summary

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