ptpd command not found

Introduction

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

ptpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ptpd: command not found

Solutions to ptpd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ptpd is provided by ptpd package.

ptpd is:

Implements the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) as defined by the IEEE 1588-2008 standard. PTP was developed to provide very precise time coordination of LAN connected computers.

PTPd is a complete implementation of the IEEE 1588 specification for a standard (non-boundary) clock. PTPd has been tested with and is known to work properly with other IEEE 1588 implementations. The source code for PTPd is freely available under a BSD-style license. Thanks to contributions from users, PTPd is becoming an increasingly portable, interoperable, and stable IEEE 1588 implementation.

For more information, see http://ptpd.sourceforge.net/

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

sudo apt-get -y install ptpd

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

You can also use apt command to install ptpd.

sudo apt -y install ptpd

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

sudo aptitude install ptpd

Summary

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