ebsnvme-id command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ebsnvme-id command not found error message

Introduction

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

ebsnvme-id: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ebsnvme-id: command not found

In Ubuntu ebsnvme-id is provided by amazon-ec2-utils package.

amazon-ec2-utils is:

amazon-ec2-utils contains a set of utilities and settings for Linux deployments in EC2.

It includes:

ec2-metadata - Use to retrieve EC2 instance metadata from within a running EC2 instance
ebsnvme-id - Read EBS device information and provide information about the volume.
Various udev rules to ensure consistent device naming.

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

sudo apt-get -y install amazon-ec2-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install amazon-ec2-utils.

sudo apt -y install amazon-ec2-utils

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

sudo aptitude install amazon-ec2-utils

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