iptotal command not found

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

Introduction

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

iptotal: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: iptotal: command not found

Solutions to iptotal: command not found

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

In Ubuntu iptotal is provided by iptotal package.

iptotal is:

iptotal is yet another IP traffic monitor. It listens to a network interface in non-promiscuous mode, and measures IP bandwidth usage. After the specified number of seconds, the average throughput is printed at total, input and output usage.

The utility can be used to measure bandwidth usage without the need for an SNMP daemon. In combination with a simple script and rrdtool it can be used to present the measured data in graphical format e.g. through a web interface. The package contains www + CGI sample files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install iptotal

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

You can also use apt command to install iptotal.

sudo apt -y install iptotal

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

sudo aptitude install iptotal

Summary

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