gvm-feed-update command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gvm-feed-update command not found error message

Introduction

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

gvm-feed-update: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gvm-feed-update: command not found

In Ubuntu gvm-feed-update is provided by gvm package.

gvm is:

The Greenbone Vulnerability Manager is a modular security auditing tool, used for testing remote systems for vulnerabilities that should be fixed.

This package installs all the required packages. It provides scripts to setup, start and stop the GVM services.

The tool was previously named OpenVAS.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gvm

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

You can also use apt command to install gvm.

sudo apt -y install gvm

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

sudo aptitude install gvm

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