ipa-epn command not found

Introduction

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

ipa-epn: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipa-epn: command not found

Solutions to ipa-epn: command not found

How To Fix ipa-epn: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ipa-epn is provided by freeipa-client-epn package.

freeipa-client-epn is:

FreeIPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (machine, user, virtual machines, groups, authentication credentials), Policy (configuration settings, access control information) and Audit (events, logs, analysis thereof).

This package provides a service to collect and send expiring password notifications via email (SMTP).

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeipa-client-epn

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

You can also use apt command to install freeipa-client-epn.

sudo apt -y install freeipa-client-epn

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

sudo aptitude install freeipa-client-epn

Summary

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