mbpfan command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mbpfan command not found error message

Introduction

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

mbpfan: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mbpfan: command not found

Solutions to mbpfan: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mbpfan is provided by mbpfan package.

mbpfan is:

mbpfan is a daemon that uses input from coretemp module and sets the fan speed using the applesmc module. This enhanced version assumes any number of processors and fans (max. 10).

It only uses the temperatures from the processors as input.
It requires coretemp and applesmc kernel modules to be loaded.
It requires root use
It daemonizes or stays in foreground
Verbose mode for both syslog and stdout
Users can configure it using the file /etc/mbpfan.conf

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

sudo apt-get -y install mbpfan

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

You can also use apt command to install mbpfan.

sudo apt -y install mbpfan

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

sudo aptitude install mbpfan

Summary

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