ftpd command not found

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

Introduction

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

ftpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ftpd: command not found

In Ubuntu ftpd is provided by inetutils-ftpd package.

inetutils-ftpd is:

Ftpd is the server that allows another host to connect with the ftp command to transfer files using the FTP protocol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-ftpd

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

You can also use apt command to install inetutils-ftpd.

sudo apt -y install inetutils-ftpd

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

sudo aptitude install inetutils-ftpd

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