snmptranslate command not found

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

Introduction

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

snmptranslate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: snmptranslate: command not found

In Ubuntu snmptranslate is provided by snmp package.

snmp is:

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a framework for the exchange of management information between agents (servers) and clients.

The Net-SNMP applications are a collection of command line clients for issuing SNMP requests to agents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install snmp

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

You can also use apt command to install snmp.

sudo apt -y install snmp

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

sudo aptitude install snmp

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