snmpc command not found

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

Introduction

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

snmpc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: snmpc: command not found

Solutions to snmpc: command not found

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

In Ubuntu snmpc is provided by erlang-snmp package.

erlang-snmp is:

A multilingual Simple Network Management Protocol application features an Extensible Agent, simple manager, a MIB compiler and facilities for implementing SNMP MIBs etc.

The OTP_Mibs application provides an SNMP management information base for Erlang nodes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-snmp

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

You can also use apt command to install erlang-snmp.

sudo apt -y install erlang-snmp

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

sudo aptitude install erlang-snmp

Summary

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