inetutils-telnet command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix inetutils-telnet command not found error message

Introduction

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

inetutils-telnet: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: inetutils-telnet: command not found

Solutions to inetutils-telnet: command not found

How To Fix inetutils-telnet: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu inetutils-telnet is provided by inetutils-telnet package.

inetutils-telnet is:

The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol.

This implementation supports Kerberos, for authentication and encryption.

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-telnet

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

You can also use apt command to install inetutils-telnet.

sudo apt -y install inetutils-telnet

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

sudo aptitude install inetutils-telnet

Summary

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