petname command not found

Introduction

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

petname: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: petname: command not found

Solutions to petname: command not found

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

In Ubuntu petname is provided by petname package.

petname is:

This utility will generate “pet names”, consisting of a random combination of an adverb, adjective, and an animal name. These are useful for unique hostnames, VMs, or containers, for instance.

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

sudo apt-get -y install petname

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

You can also use apt command to install petname.

sudo apt -y install petname

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

sudo aptitude install petname

Summary

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