rpc.rstatd command not found

Introduction

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

rpc.rstatd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rpc.rstatd: command not found

Solutions to rpc.rstatd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rpc.rstatd is provided by rstatd package.

rstatd is:

This allows other machines on your local network to get information about your computer - especially uptime. This will allow you to use the rup(1) command.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rstatd

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

You can also use apt command to install rstatd.

sudo apt -y install rstatd

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

sudo aptitude install rstatd

Summary

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