mn command not found

Introduction

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

mn: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mn: command not found

Solutions to mn: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mn is provided by mininet package.

mininet is:

Mininet is a network emulator which uses lightweight virtualization to create virtual networks for rapid prototyping of Software-Defined Network (SDN) designs using OpenFlow.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mininet

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

You can also use apt command to install mininet.

sudo apt -y install mininet

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

sudo aptitude install mininet

Summary

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