rivrancid command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix rivrancid command not found error message

Introduction

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

rivrancid: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rivrancid: command not found

In Ubuntu rivrancid is provided by rancid package.

rancid is:

This is a popular ISP toolkit, based on expect and shell scripts, for managing router configurations.

Rancid monitors a router’s (or device’s) configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc), using CVS, Subversion, or Git.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rancid

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

You can also use apt command to install rancid.

sudo apt -y install rancid

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

sudo aptitude install rancid

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