nodeattr command not found

Introduction

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

nodeattr: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: nodeattr: command not found

Solutions to nodeattr: command not found

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

In Ubuntu nodeattr is provided by genders package.

genders is:

Genders is a static cluster configuration database used for cluster configuration management. It is used by a variety of tools and scripts for management of large clusters. The genders database is typically replicated on every node of the cluster. It describes the layout and configuration of the cluster so that tools and scripts can sense the variations of cluster nodes. By abstracting this information into a plain text file, it becomes possible to change the configuration of a cluster by modifying only one file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install genders

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

You can also use apt command to install genders.

sudo apt -y install genders

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

sudo aptitude install genders

Summary

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