gvm-manage-certs command not found

Introduction

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

gvm-manage-certs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gvm-manage-certs: command not found

Solutions to gvm-manage-certs: command not found

How To Fix gvm-manage-certs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gvm-manage-certs is provided by gvmd-common package.

gvmd-common is:

The Greenbone Vulnerability Manager is the central management service between security scanners and the user clients.

It manages the storage of any vulnerability management configurations and of the scan results. Access to data, control commands and workflows is offered via the XML-based Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP). The primary scanner, openVAS Scanner is controlled directly via protocol OTP while any other remote scanner is coupled with the Open Scanner Protocol (OSP).

This package contains the common gvmd files shared by all architectures.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gvmd-common

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

You can also use apt command to install gvmd-common.

sudo apt -y install gvmd-common

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

sudo aptitude install gvmd-common

Summary

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