gwakeonlan command not found

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

Introduction

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

gwakeonlan: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gwakeonlan: command not found

In Ubuntu gwakeonlan is provided by gwakeonlan package.

gwakeonlan is:

gWakeOnLan is a GTK+ utility to awake turned off computers through the Wake on LAN feature. Both local and internet modes are supported.

The machines to turn on need to be shut off with the Wake on LAN magic packet enabled.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwakeonlan

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

You can also use apt command to install gwakeonlan.

sudo apt -y install gwakeonlan

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

sudo aptitude install gwakeonlan

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