otpw-gen command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix otpw-gen command not found error message

Introduction

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

otpw-gen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: otpw-gen: command not found

In Ubuntu otpw-gen is provided by otpw-bin package.

otpw-bin is:

OTPW is a one-time password system which is robust against the password list being stolen and race for the last digit attacks.

This package contains the programs used to setup OTPW for a user and generate the password lists.

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

sudo apt-get -y install otpw-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install otpw-bin.

sudo apt -y install otpw-bin

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

sudo aptitude install otpw-bin

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