bootpd command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
bootpd: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: bootpd: command not found
Solutions to bootpd: command not found
How To Fix bootpd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu bootpd is provided by bootp package.
bootp is:
This is a server for the bootp protocol; which allows network administrator to setup networking information for clients via an /etc/bootptab on a server so that the clients can automatically get their networking information. While this server includes rudimentary DHCP support as well, we suggest using the dhcp package if you need DHCP support, as it is much more complete.
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install bootp
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install bootp.
sudo apt -y install bootp
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install bootp
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix bootpd command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.