hp-search-mac command not found

Introduction

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

hp-search-mac: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hp-search-mac: command not found

Solutions to hp-search-mac: command not found

How To Fix hp-search-mac: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu hp-search-mac is provided by hp-search-mac package.

hp-search-mac is:

This package contains a small utility that can query HP switches for their connection table. It then allow you to search for a MAC address and tell you where it is physically connected (best match first).

The functionality is similar to traceroute but on Ethernet level and only for HP switches.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hp-search-mac

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

You can also use apt command to install hp-search-mac.

sudo apt -y install hp-search-mac

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

sudo aptitude install hp-search-mac

Summary

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