fprobe command not found

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

Introduction

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

fprobe: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fprobe: command not found

In Ubuntu fprobe is provided by fprobe package.

fprobe is:

This program is a libpcap-based utility which collects network traffic and emits it as NetFlow towards a specified collector.

Homepage: fprobe.sourceforge.net

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

sudo apt-get -y install fprobe

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

You can also use apt command to install fprobe.

sudo apt -y install fprobe

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

sudo aptitude install fprobe

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