modprobe command not found

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

Introduction

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

modprobe: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: modprobe: command not found

In Ubuntu modprobe is provided by kmod package.

kmod is:

This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux. It replaces module-init-tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kmod

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

You can also use apt command to install kmod.

sudo apt -y install kmod

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

sudo aptitude install kmod

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