dnetc command not found

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

Introduction

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

dnetc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dnetc: command not found

Solutions to dnetc: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dnetc is provided by distributed-net package.

distributed-net is:

Donate your extra CPU cycles to a worthy cause!

distributed.net started in 1997 as a project whose purpose was to win a series of contests sponsored by RSA Data Security Inc., to crack their RC5 encryption by brute-force methods. These contests were meant to show governments of nations such as the United States, who limit exports or use of cryptography, that the standards allowed are too weak for general use.

Since this time, distributed.net’s focus has changed from solely cracking RSA’s RC5 and DES projects to working on more diverse distributed computing problems.

The ongoing projects are RC5-72 and Optimal Golomb Rulers (28-mark), the latter of which has practical applications in science. There are also a number of other projects which are either periodic or upcoming. You may choose which project you wish to participate in.

Installing this package will allow unused CPU cycles on your computer to contribute to cracking the code. There should be no noticeable slowdown of your system, since the client runs niced, and only uses CPU time when your computer would otherwise be idle.

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

sudo apt-get -y install distributed-net

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

You can also use apt command to install distributed-net.

sudo apt -y install distributed-net

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

sudo aptitude install distributed-net

Summary

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