i8kctl command not found

Introduction

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

i8kctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: i8kctl: command not found

Solutions to i8kctl: command not found

How To Fix i8kctl: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu i8kctl is provided by i8kutils package.

i8kutils is:

This is a collection of utilities to control Dell laptops fans. It includes programs to turn the fans on and off, to read fans status, CPU temperature, BIOS version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install i8kutils

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

You can also use apt command to install i8kutils.

sudo apt -y install i8kutils

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

sudo aptitude install i8kutils

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix i8kctl command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.