pptpctrl command not found

Introduction

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

pptpctrl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pptpctrl: command not found

Solutions to pptpctrl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pptpctrl is provided by pptpd package.

pptpd is:

This implements a Virtual Private Networking Server (VPN) that is compatible with Microsoft VPN clients. It allows Windows users to connect to an internal firewalled network using their dialup.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pptpd

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

You can also use apt command to install pptpd.

sudo apt -y install pptpd

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

sudo aptitude install pptpd

Summary

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