atmsigd command not found

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

Introduction

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

atmsigd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: atmsigd: command not found

Solutions to atmsigd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu atmsigd is provided by atm-tools package.

atm-tools is:

This package provides all the basic programs needed for setting up, monitoring and tuning ATM networks. Such as:

  • atmsigd, an ATM signal daemon that implements the ATM UNI protocol.
  • atmtcp, a tool to setup ATM over TCP connections.
  • atmarpd, an implementation of the ATMARP protocol (RFC1577, RFC1755)
  • zeppelin, an ATM LAN Emulation client daemon
  • les and bus, ATM LAN Emulation service daemons

Notice that upstream still flags these tools as experimental software and says that there is still a number of known bugs and issues. The software is, however, in productive use at a number of sites and is working reliably.

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

sudo apt-get -y install atm-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install atm-tools.

sudo apt -y install atm-tools

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

sudo aptitude install atm-tools

Summary

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