sfcapd command not found

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

Introduction

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

sfcapd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sfcapd: command not found

In Ubuntu sfcapd is provided by nfdump-sflow package.

nfdump-sflow is:

sfcapd collects sflow data and stores it into nfcapd compatible files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nfdump-sflow

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

You can also use apt command to install nfdump-sflow.

sudo apt -y install nfdump-sflow

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

sudo aptitude install nfdump-sflow

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