bpdriver command not found

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

Introduction

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

bpdriver: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bpdriver: command not found

Solutions to bpdriver: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bpdriver is provided by ion package.

ion is:

Interplanetary Overlay Network (ION) software distribution is an implementation of Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN) architecture as described in Internet RFC 4838.

This is a suite of communication protocol implementations designed to support mission operation communications across an end-to-end interplanetary network, which might include on-board (flight) subnets, in-situ planetary or lunar networks, proximity links, deep space links, and terrestrial internets.

Included in the ION software distribution are the following packages:

  • ici (interplanetary communication infrastructure) a set of libraries that provide flight-software-compatible support for functions on which the other packages rely
  • bp (bundle protocol), an implementation of the Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN) architecture’s Bundle Protocol.
  • dgr (datagram retransmission), a UDP reliability system that implements congestion control and is designed for relatively high performance.
  • ltp (licklider transmission protocol), a DTN convergence layer for reliable transmission over links characterized by long or highly variable delay.
  • ams - an implementation of the CCSDS Asynchronous Message Service.
  • cfdp - a class-1 (Unacknowledged) implementation of the CCSDS File Delivery Protocol. . This package contains the binary files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ion

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

You can also use apt command to install ion.

sudo apt -y install ion

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

sudo aptitude install ion

Summary

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