in.fingerd command not found

Introduction

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

in.fingerd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: in.fingerd: command not found

Solutions to in.fingerd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu in.fingerd is provided by fingerd package.

fingerd is:

Fingerd is a simple daemon based on RFC1196 that provides an interface to the “finger” program at most network sites. The program is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment or a particular person in depth.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fingerd

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

You can also use apt command to install fingerd.

sudo apt -y install fingerd

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

sudo aptitude install fingerd

Summary

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