nextepc-pgwd command not found

Introduction

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

nextepc-pgwd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: nextepc-pgwd: command not found

Solutions to nextepc-pgwd: command not found

How To Fix nextepc-pgwd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu nextepc-pgwd is provided by nextepc-pgw package.

nextepc-pgw is:

NextEPC is a C-language Open Source implementation of the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core, i.e. the core network of an LTE network.

This package provides the PGW or PDN-GW (Packet Data Network Gateway) element of the EPC, i.e. the gateway between the EPC and the external packet data network, such as the public Internet. It implements the S5 interface towards the S-GW, the SGi interface towards the Internet, and the S7 interface towards the PCRF.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nextepc-pgw

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

You can also use apt command to install nextepc-pgw.

sudo apt -y install nextepc-pgw

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

sudo aptitude install nextepc-pgw

Summary

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