isatapd command not found

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

Introduction

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

isatapd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: isatapd: command not found

Solutions to isatapd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu isatapd is provided by isatapd package.

isatapd is:

isatapd creates and maintains an ISATAP client tunnel (RFC 5214) in Linux.

It uses the in-kernel ISATAP support first introduced in linux-2.6.25. It does NOT operate the tunnel or handle any IPv6 traffic, it only sets up the tunnel parameters, the Potential Router List, sends periodic router solicitations and tries to detect link changes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install isatapd

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

You can also use apt command to install isatapd.

sudo apt -y install isatapd

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

sudo aptitude install isatapd

Summary

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