hv_set_ifconfig command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hv_set_ifconfig command not found error message

Introduction

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

hv_set_ifconfig: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hv_set_ifconfig: command not found

Solutions to hv_set_ifconfig: command not found

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

In Ubuntu hv_set_ifconfig is provided by linux-cloud-tools-common package.

linux-cloud-tools-common is:

This package provides the architecture independent parts for kernel version locked tools for cloud tools for version 5.15.0.

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-cloud-tools-common

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

You can also use apt command to install linux-cloud-tools-common.

sudo apt -y install linux-cloud-tools-common

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

sudo aptitude install linux-cloud-tools-common

Summary

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