nacctd command not found

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

Introduction

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

nacctd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: nacctd: command not found

In Ubuntu nacctd is provided by net-acct package.

net-acct is:

This package logs network traffic. It provides a daemon (nacctd) that logs all traffic passing the machine it runs on (similar to what tcpdump does).

Capability is provided to associate traffic to slip/ppp users in case you run a slip/ppp server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install net-acct

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

You can also use apt command to install net-acct.

sudo apt -y install net-acct

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

sudo aptitude install net-acct

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