in.rexecd command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix in.rexecd command not found error message

Introduction

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

in.rexecd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: in.rexecd: command not found

In Ubuntu in.rexecd is provided by rsh-server package.

rsh-server is:

This package contains rexecd, rlogind and rshd.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rsh-server

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

You can also use apt command to install rsh-server.

sudo apt -y install rsh-server

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

sudo aptitude install rsh-server

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