ipfix2csv command not found

Introduction

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

ipfix2csv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipfix2csv: command not found

Solutions to ipfix2csv: command not found

How To Fix ipfix2csv: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ipfix2csv is provided by python3-ipfix package.

python3-ipfix is:

This module provides a Python interface to IPFIX message streams, and provides tools for building IPFIX Exporting and Collecting Processes. It handles message framing and deframing, encoding and decoding IPFIX data records using templates, and a bridge between IPFIX ADTs and appropriate Python data types.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ipfix

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-ipfix.

sudo apt -y install python3-ipfix

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

sudo aptitude install python3-ipfix

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ipfix2csv command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.