lmtpd command not found

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

Introduction

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

lmtpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lmtpd: command not found

In Ubuntu lmtpd is provided by mailutils-mda package.

mailutils-mda is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

This package contains the GNU mailutils’ MDA tools: mda, putmail and lmtpd. It is capable of speaking POP3, IMAP, mbox, MH, Maildir and dotmail.

mda – the GNU local mail delivery agent. putmail – incorporate mail to a mailbox. lmtpd – local mail transfer protocol daemon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-mda

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

You can also use apt command to install mailutils-mda.

sudo apt -y install mailutils-mda

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

sudo aptitude install mailutils-mda

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