igetevent command not found

Introduction

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

igetevent: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: igetevent: command not found

Solutions to igetevent: command not found

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

In Ubuntu igetevent is provided by ipmiutil package.

ipmiutil is:

ipmiutil performs a series of common IPMI server management functions to allow administrators to perform management functions without a learning curve. It can gather FRU inventory data, SEL firmware log, sensors, watchdog, power control, health, monitoring, and has an SOL console. It can write sensor thresholds, FRU asset tags, and supports a full IPMI configuration save/restore.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipmiutil

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

You can also use apt command to install ipmiutil.

sudo apt -y install ipmiutil

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

sudo aptitude install ipmiutil

Summary

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