dhcp_probe command not found

Introduction

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

dhcp_probe: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dhcp_probe: command not found

Solutions to dhcp_probe: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dhcp_probe is provided by dhcp-probe package.

dhcp-probe is:

dhcp_probe attempts to discover DHCP and BootP servers on a directly-attached Ethernet network. A network administrator can use this tool to locate un- authorized DHCP and BootP servers. Essentially, dhcp_probe mimics a BootP or DHCP client in a variety of possible states, attempting to provoke responses from servers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dhcp-probe

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

You can also use apt command to install dhcp-probe.

sudo apt -y install dhcp-probe

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

sudo aptitude install dhcp-probe

Summary

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