pykmip-server command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pykmip-server command not found error message

Introduction

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

pykmip-server: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pykmip-server: command not found

Solutions to pykmip-server: command not found

How To Fix pykmip-server: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pykmip-server is provided by python3-pykmip package.

python3-pykmip is:

PyKMIP is a Python implementation of the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) specification, supporting version 1.1 of the KMIP standard. The KMIP standard is governed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and specifies a client/server-based protocol to perform key, certificate, and secret object management, including storage and maintenance operations.

The PyKMIP library currently provides a KMIP client and server supporting the following operations for the KMIP SymmetricKey managed object:

  • Create
  • Register
  • Get
  • Destroy

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pykmip

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-pykmip.

sudo apt -y install python3-pykmip

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

sudo aptitude install python3-pykmip

Summary

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