rancid_par command not found

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

Introduction

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

rancid_par: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rancid_par: command not found

In Ubuntu rancid_par is provided by rancid package.

rancid is:

This is a popular ISP toolkit, based on expect and shell scripts, for managing router configurations.

Rancid monitors a router’s (or device’s) configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc), using CVS, Subversion, or Git.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rancid

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

You can also use apt command to install rancid.

sudo apt -y install rancid

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

sudo aptitude install rancid

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