hpcttrigger command not found

Introduction

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

hpcttrigger: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hpcttrigger: command not found

Solutions to hpcttrigger: command not found

How To Fix hpcttrigger: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu hpcttrigger is provided by hipercontracer-trigger package.

hipercontracer-trigger is:

High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) is a ping/traceroute service. It performs regular ping and traceroute runs among sites and can export the results into an SQL or Non-SQL database. This tool triggers HiPerConTracer by incoming “Ping” packets.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hipercontracer-trigger

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

You can also use apt command to install hipercontracer-trigger.

sudo apt -y install hipercontracer-trigger

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

sudo aptitude install hipercontracer-trigger

Summary

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