inetutils-inetd command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix inetutils-inetd command not found error message

Introduction

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

inetutils-inetd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: inetutils-inetd: command not found

In Ubuntu inetutils-inetd is provided by inetutils-inetd package.

inetutils-inetd is:

Inetd is the daemon that listens on various TCP and UDP ports and spawns programs that can’t or won’t do it for themselves.

This is the portable GNU implementation of inetd. The package supports IPv6, tcpmux services and unlimited server arguments.

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-inetd

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

You can also use apt command to install inetutils-inetd.

sudo apt -y install inetutils-inetd

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

sudo aptitude install inetutils-inetd

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