ipmctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

ipmctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipmctl: command not found

Solutions to ipmctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ipmctl is provided by ipmctl package.

ipmctl is:

This package provides a CLI with the following functionality:

  • Discover PMMs on the platform.
  • Provision the platform memory configuration.
  • View and update the firmware on PMMs.
  • Configure data-at-rest security on PMMs.
  • Monitor PMM health.
  • Track performance of PMMs.
  • Debug and troubleshoot PMMs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipmctl

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

You can also use apt command to install ipmctl.

sudo apt -y install ipmctl

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

sudo aptitude install ipmctl

Summary

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