dpdk-pmdinfo.py command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix dpdk-pmdinfo.py command not found error message

Introduction

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

dpdk-pmdinfo.py: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dpdk-pmdinfo.py: command not found

In Ubuntu dpdk-pmdinfo.py is provided by dpdk package.

dpdk is:

DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This package contains the runtime environment to run DPDK applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dpdk

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

You can also use apt command to install dpdk.

sudo apt -y install dpdk

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

sudo aptitude install dpdk

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