pon.wvdial command not found

Introduction

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

pon.wvdial: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pon.wvdial: command not found

Solutions to pon.wvdial: command not found

How To Fix pon.wvdial: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pon.wvdial is provided by wvdial package.

wvdial is:

WvDial sacrifices some of the flexibility of programs like “chat” in order to make dialup configuration easier. With WvDial, modems are detected automatically and only three additional parameters are required: the telephone number, username, and password. WvDial knows enough to dial with most modems and log in to most servers without any other help.

In particular, a “chat script” is not required to handle the most common situations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wvdial

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

You can also use apt command to install wvdial.

sudo apt -y install wvdial

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

sudo aptitude install wvdial

Summary

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