ipip command not found

Introduction

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

ipip: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipip: command not found

Solutions to ipip: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ipip is provided by ipip package.

ipip is:

This daemon provides an alternative to the kernel-resident support for IP encapsulation links. It is better suited for situations where there are many encapsulation connections to be managed, such as is the case for amateur radio interconnection of network 44. Also, because the daemon is outside the kernel, it provides an excellent environment for experimenting with alternate mechanisms for distributing encapsulation routing updates.

If you need one encapsulation link, use the kernel’s built-in support. If you need a lot of encapsulation links, give this daemon a try.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipip

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

You can also use apt command to install ipip.

sudo apt -y install ipip

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

sudo aptitude install ipip

Summary

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