nyx command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix nyx command not found error message

Introduction

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

nyx: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: nyx: command not found

Solutions to nyx: command not found

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

In Ubuntu nyx is provided by nyx package.

nyx is:

The anonymizing relay monitor is a terminal status monitor for Tor relays, intended for command-line aficionados, ssh connections, and anyone stuck with a tty terminal. This works much like top does for system usage, providing real time statistics for:

  • bandwidth, cpu, and memory usage
  • relay’s current configuration
  • logged events
  • connection details (ip, hostname, fingerprint, and consensus data)
  • etc.

nyx was previously named tor-arm (which is now a transitional package).

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

sudo apt-get -y install nyx

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

You can also use apt command to install nyx.

sudo apt -y install nyx

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

sudo aptitude install nyx

Summary

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