etherwake command not found

Introduction

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

etherwake: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: etherwake: command not found

Solutions to etherwake: command not found

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

In Ubuntu etherwake is provided by etherwake package.

etherwake is:

WOL (Wake-on-LAN) is a standard that allows you to turn on a computer over an Ethernet connection. Computers with WOL-enabled network interface cards can be woken from sleep mode, or powered up from standby via a BIOS feature.

One feature that separates etherwake from other implementations is that it also supports WOL passwords.

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

sudo apt-get -y install etherwake

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

You can also use apt command to install etherwake.

sudo apt -y install etherwake

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

sudo aptitude install etherwake

Summary

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