macfanctld command not found

Introduction

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

macfanctld: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: macfanctld: command not found

Solutions to macfanctld: command not found

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

In Ubuntu macfanctld is provided by macfanctld package.

macfanctld is:

This daemon reads the temperature sensors in an Apple Macbook (or Macbook Pro) computer and throttles the fans accordingly to keep the temperature within configurable limits.

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

sudo apt-get -y install macfanctld

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

You can also use apt command to install macfanctld.

sudo apt -y install macfanctld

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

sudo aptitude install macfanctld

Summary

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