fanctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

fanctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fanctl: command not found

In Ubuntu fanctl is provided by ubuntu-fan package.

ubuntu-fan is:

Install this package to enable the Ubuntu FAN network support.

FAN is an IP over IP tunnel protocol which does network range remapping.

This package contains the init scripts and example configuration for Ubuntu FAN.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-fan

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

You can also use apt command to install ubuntu-fan.

sudo apt -y install ubuntu-fan

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

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-fan

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