bwctld command not found

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

Introduction

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

bwctld: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bwctld: command not found

In Ubuntu bwctld is provided by bwctl-server package.

bwctl-server is:

The Bwctl suite works with nuttcp and iperf to test bandwidth without the need for a shell account on the remote systems.

This package contains the scheduling and policy daemon that wraps these tools. To schedule and control tests you need the bwctl-client package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bwctl-server

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

You can also use apt command to install bwctl-server.

sudo apt -y install bwctl-server

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

sudo aptitude install bwctl-server

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