wondershaper command not found

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

Introduction

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

wondershaper: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wondershaper: command not found

Solutions to wondershaper: command not found

How To Fix wondershaper: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu wondershaper is provided by wondershaper package.

wondershaper is:

An easy to use traffic shaping script that provides these improvements:

  • Low latency for interactive traffic (and pings) at all times
  • Allow websurfing at reasonable speeds while uploading / downloading
  • Make sure uploads don’t hurt downloads
  • Make sure downloads don’t hurt uploads

It does this by:

  • Limiting upload speed slightly, to eliminate queues
  • Limiting download speed, while allowing bursts, to eliminate queues
  • Interactive traffic skips the queue
  • ACKs and tiny packets skip the queue

Configuring the wondershaper requires you to accurately and precisely determine your consistent upload and download speeds.

The wondershaper is the simplest, easiest to use, entry level, traffic shaping script provided by Debian.

After installing this package, read highly the detailed instructions: /usr/share/doc/wondershaper/README.Debian

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

sudo apt-get -y install wondershaper

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

You can also use apt command to install wondershaper.

sudo apt -y install wondershaper

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

sudo aptitude install wondershaper

Summary

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