bootpef command not found

Introduction

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

bootpef: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bootpef: command not found

Solutions to bootpef: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bootpef is provided by bootp package.

bootp is:

This is a server for the bootp protocol; which allows network administrator to setup networking information for clients via an /etc/bootptab on a server so that the clients can automatically get their networking information. While this server includes rudimentary DHCP support as well, we suggest using the dhcp package if you need DHCP support, as it is much more complete.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bootp

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

You can also use apt command to install bootp.

sudo apt -y install bootp

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

sudo aptitude install bootp

Summary

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