bwtraceroute command not found

Introduction

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

bwtraceroute: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bwtraceroute: command not found

Solutions to bwtraceroute: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bwtraceroute is provided by bwctl-client package.

bwctl-client is:

The Bwctl suite works with nuttcp and iperf to test bandwidth without the need for a shell account on the remote systems.

This package contains the command line tool for scheduling and controlling tests. It requires the bwctl-server package to be installed on the hosts at both ends of the network that you are trying to test.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bwctl-client

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

You can also use apt command to install bwctl-client.

sudo apt -y install bwctl-client

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

sudo aptitude install bwctl-client

Summary

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