ipmitool command not found

Introduction

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

ipmitool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipmitool: command not found

Solutions to ipmitool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ipmitool is provided by ipmitool package.

ipmitool is:

A utility for managing and configuring devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface. IPMI is an open standard for monitoring, logging, recovery, inventory, and control of hardware that is implemented independent of the main CPU, BIOS, and OS. The service processor (or Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) is the brain behind platform management and its primary purpose is to handle the autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features.

The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this BMC. It features the ability to read the sensor data repository (SDR) and print sensor values, display the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), print Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, read and set LAN configuration parameters, and perform remote chassis power control.

This package contains the daemon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipmitool

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

You can also use apt command to install ipmitool.

sudo apt -y install ipmitool

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

sudo aptitude install ipmitool

Summary

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