mndp command not found

Introduction

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

mndp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mndp: command not found

Solutions to mndp: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mndp is provided by mactelnet-client package.

mactelnet-client is:

Ping, discovery and telnet tools for connecting to Mikrotik RouterOS devices, or other MAC-Telnetd powered machines/devices.

This tool can communicate over the local area network using UDP packets with a MAC-address as destination. You can telnet Linux machines that have installed mactelnet-server, or a Mikrotik RouterOS device.

Uses Mikrotik’s own proprietary protocol. Included are also MNDP discovery application, and macping to ping via the mactelnet protocol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mactelnet-client

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

You can also use apt command to install mactelnet-client.

sudo apt -y install mactelnet-client

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

sudo aptitude install mactelnet-client

Summary

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