ovn-controller command not found

Introduction

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

ovn-controller: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ovn-controller: command not found

Solutions to ovn-controller: command not found

How To Fix ovn-controller: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ovn-controller is provided by ovn-host package.

ovn-host is:

OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups.

ovn-host provides the userspace components and utilities for OVN that can be run on every host/hypervisor.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ovn-host

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

You can also use apt command to install ovn-host.

sudo apt -y install ovn-host

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

sudo aptitude install ovn-host

Summary

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