pptp command not found

Introduction

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

pptp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pptp: command not found

Solutions to pptp: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pptp is provided by pptp-linux package.

pptp-linux is:

Client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP. Allows connection to a PPTP based VPN as used by employers and some cable and ADSL service providers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pptp-linux

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

You can also use apt command to install pptp-linux.

sudo apt -y install pptp-linux

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

sudo aptitude install pptp-linux

Summary

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