essidscan command not found

Introduction

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

essidscan: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: essidscan: command not found

Solutions to essidscan: command not found

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

In Ubuntu essidscan is provided by ifscheme package.

ifscheme is:

ifscheme allows you to change network configuration schemes or query the current scheme. It integrates with the ifup(8) command and interfaces(5). For example, you might use this program to configure a “home” scheme and a “work” scheme for a network device on a laptop. When you move between home and work, a simple command can reconfigure your networking.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ifscheme

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

You can also use apt command to install ifscheme.

sudo apt -y install ifscheme

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

sudo aptitude install ifscheme

Summary

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