pchar command not found

Introduction

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

pchar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pchar: command not found

Solutions to pchar: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pchar is provided by pchar package.

pchar is:

pchar is a reimplementation of the pathchar utility, written by Van Jacobson. Both programs attempt to characterize the bandwidth, latency, and loss of links along an end-to-end path through the Internet. pchar works in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pchar

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

You can also use apt command to install pchar.

sudo apt -y install pchar

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

sudo aptitude install pchar

Summary

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