proxytunnel command not found

Introduction

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

proxytunnel: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: proxytunnel: command not found

Solutions to proxytunnel: command not found

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

In Ubuntu proxytunnel is provided by proxytunnel package.

proxytunnel is:

Proxytunnel creates tunnels through HTTP(S) proxies for any TCP based protocol. It comes in handy when one sits behind a firewall that allows for HTTP(S) traffic only.

The program connects stdin and stdout to an origin server somewhere in the Internet through an industry standard HTTP or HTTPS proxy. It was originally written as an extension to SSH, to be used to SSH to a box at home.

It’s possible to use proxytunnel along with other applications as well, by running it from inetd or as daemon listing on a local port to be forwarded through the tunnel.

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

sudo apt-get -y install proxytunnel

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

You can also use apt command to install proxytunnel.

sudo apt -y install proxytunnel

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

sudo aptitude install proxytunnel

Summary

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