farpd command not found

Introduction

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

farpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: farpd: command not found

Solutions to farpd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu farpd is provided by farpd package.

farpd is:

This ARP daemon replies to any ARP request for a set of IP addresses with the hardware MAC address of one of the interfaces of the server after determining that no other host in the network is claiming that IP.

This enables a single host to claim all unassigned addresses on a LAN for network monitoring or simulation purposes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install farpd

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

You can also use apt command to install farpd.

sudo apt -y install farpd

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

sudo aptitude install farpd

Summary

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