ipp-usb command not found

Introduction

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

ipp-usb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipp-usb: command not found

Solutions to ipp-usb: command not found

How To Fix ipp-usb: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ipp-usb is provided by ipp-usb package.

ipp-usb is:

ipp-usb is a userland driver for USB devices (printers, scanners, MFC), supporting the IPP over USB protocol. It enables these USB devices to be seen as regular network printers.

It is designed to be a replacement of ippusbxd daemon, previously used for this purpose. It has a greatly rethought architecture, in comparison with ippusbxd, and fixes all of its major flaws and issues.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipp-usb

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

You can also use apt command to install ipp-usb.

sudo apt -y install ipp-usb

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

sudo aptitude install ipp-usb

Summary

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