pads command not found

Introduction

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

pads: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pads: command not found

Solutions to pads: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pads is provided by pads package.

pads is:

Pads is a signature based detection engine used to passively detect network assets. It can determine which systems are alive in the network as well as the services they make use of. It is designed to complement IDS technology by providing context to IDS alerts. Unlike other tools, like nmap, it will not generate any network traffic which makes it useful to run both on network capture files and promiscuous mode interfaces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pads

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

You can also use apt command to install pads.

sudo apt -y install pads

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

sudo aptitude install pads

Summary

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