inetsim command not found

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

Introduction

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

inetsim: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: inetsim: command not found

Solutions to inetsim: command not found

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

In Ubuntu inetsim is provided by inetsim package.

inetsim is:

INetSim is a software suite for simulating common internet services in a lab environment, e.g. for analyzing the network behaviour of unknown malware samples.

INetSim supports simulation of the following services: HTTP, SMTP, POP3, DNS, FTP, NTP, TFTP, IRC, Ident, Finger, Syslog, ‘Small servers’ (Daytime, Time, Echo, Chargen, Discard, Quotd)

Additional features:

  • Faketime
  • Connection redirection
  • Detailed logging and reports
  • TLS/SSL support for several services

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetsim

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

You can also use apt command to install inetsim.

sudo apt -y install inetsim

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

sudo aptitude install inetsim

Summary

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