rpc.bootparamd command not found

Introduction

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

rpc.bootparamd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rpc.bootparamd: command not found

Solutions to rpc.bootparamd: command not found

How To Fix rpc.bootparamd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu rpc.bootparamd is provided by bootparamd package.

bootparamd is:

bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the /etc/bootparams file to find the information it needs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bootparamd

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

You can also use apt command to install bootparamd.

sudo apt -y install bootparamd

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

sudo aptitude install bootparamd

Summary

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