ser2net command not found

Introduction

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

ser2net: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ser2net: command not found

Solutions to ser2net: command not found

How To Fix ser2net: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ser2net is provided by ser2net package.

ser2net is:

This daemon allows telnet and tcp sessions to be established with a host’s serial ports. Combined with a terminal emulator, this can be a very simple means to configure network devices or other equipment with a serial port. This is remarkably similar to the reverse telnet feature of some Cisco routers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ser2net

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

You can also use apt command to install ser2net.

sudo apt -y install ser2net

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

sudo aptitude install ser2net

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ser2net command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.