fusioninventory-inventory command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix fusioninventory-inventory command not found error message

Introduction

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

fusioninventory-inventory: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fusioninventory-inventory: command not found

Solutions to fusioninventory-inventory: command not found

How To Fix fusioninventory-inventory: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu fusioninventory-inventory is provided by fusioninventory-agent package.

fusioninventory-agent is:

FusionInventory Agent is an application designed to help a network or system administrator to keep track of the hardware and software configurations of devices. This agent can collect information about from:

  • the local machine (Inventory)
  • the network using SNMP
  • an VMware ESX or vCenter server The agent can be driven from different asset management software including GLPI, Rudder, Uranos, OCSInventory.

The agent can also be used to install new software and configuration changes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fusioninventory-agent

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

You can also use apt command to install fusioninventory-agent.

sudo apt -y install fusioninventory-agent

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

sudo aptitude install fusioninventory-agent

Summary

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