opapacketcapture command not found

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

Introduction

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

opapacketcapture: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: opapacketcapture: command not found

In Ubuntu opapacketcapture is provided by opa-basic-tools package.

opa-basic-tools is:

This package contains basic tools for the management of an Intel(R) Omni-Path Architecture fabric.

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

sudo apt-get -y install opa-basic-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install opa-basic-tools.

sudo apt -y install opa-basic-tools

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

sudo aptitude install opa-basic-tools

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