pktanon command not found

Introduction

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

pktanon: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pktanon: command not found

Solutions to pktanon: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pktanon is provided by pktanon package.

pktanon is:

PKtAnon performs network trace anonymization, e.g. on pcap files. It is highly configurable by using anonymization profiles. Anonymization profiles allow for mapping of arbitrary anonymization primitives to protocol attributes, thus providing high flexibility and easy usability. A huge number of anonymization primitives and network protocols are supported and ready to use for online and offline anonymization.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pktanon

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

You can also use apt command to install pktanon.

sudo apt -y install pktanon

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

sudo aptitude install pktanon

Summary

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