setether command not found

Introduction

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

setether: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: setether: command not found

Solutions to setether: command not found

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

In Ubuntu setether is provided by dnet-common package.

dnet-common is:

This is the base package for Linux DECnet. It contains the necessary configuration files and a script to set up the MAC address of your Ethernet card(s) at boot-up.

You will also need to be running a 2.4+ kernel and have DECnet either built as a module or compiled into the kernel.

To do useful work with DECnet you will need the libdnet package and probably also dnet-progs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnet-common

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

You can also use apt command to install dnet-common.

sudo apt -y install dnet-common

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

sudo aptitude install dnet-common

Summary

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