ipvsadm-save command not found

Introduction

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

ipvsadm-save: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipvsadm-save: command not found

Solutions to ipvsadm-save: command not found

How To Fix ipvsadm-save: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ipvsadm-save is provided by ipvsadm package.

ipvsadm is:

The Linux Virtual Server (lvs or IPVS) is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers. The architecture of the cluster is transparent to end users, and the users see only a single virtual server.

This package provides some support programs necessary to implement a virtual server under Linux. With the addition of the mon and heartbeat packages it is possible to implement a complete high-availability solution for Linux.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipvsadm

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

You can also use apt command to install ipvsadm.

sudo apt -y install ipvsadm

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

sudo aptitude install ipvsadm

Summary

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