net-snmp-create-v3-user command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix net-snmp-create-v3-user command not found error message

Introduction

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

net-snmp-create-v3-user: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: net-snmp-create-v3-user: command not found

Solutions to net-snmp-create-v3-user: command not found

How To Fix net-snmp-create-v3-user: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu net-snmp-create-v3-user is provided by snmpd package.

snmpd is:

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a framework for the exchange of management information between agents (servers) and clients.

The Net-SNMP agent is a daemon which listens for incoming SNMP requests from clients and provides responses.

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

sudo apt-get -y install snmpd

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

You can also use apt command to install snmpd.

sudo apt -y install snmpd

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

sudo aptitude install snmpd

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix net-snmp-create-v3-user command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.