hbmqtt_pub command not found

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

Introduction

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

hbmqtt_pub: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hbmqtt_pub: command not found

In Ubuntu hbmqtt_pub is provided by python3-hbmqtt package.

python3-hbmqtt is:

HBMQTT is a MQTT client and broker implementation built on top of asyncio.

HBMQTT implements the full set of MQTT 3.1.1 protocol specifications and provides the following features:

Support QoS 0, QoS 1 and QoS 2 messages flow
Client auto-reconnection on network lost
Authentication through password file (more methods can be added through a plugin system)
Basic $SYS topics
TCP and websocket support
SSL support over TCP and websocket
Plugin system

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-hbmqtt

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-hbmqtt.

sudo apt -y install python3-hbmqtt

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

sudo aptitude install python3-hbmqtt

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