snmpd command not found

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

Introduction

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

snmpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: snmpd: command not found

In Ubuntu snmpd is provided by snmpd package.

snmpd is:

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a framework for the exchange of management information between agents (servers) and clients.

The Net-SNMP agent is a daemon which listens for incoming SNMP requests from clients and provides responses.

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

sudo apt-get -y install snmpd

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

You can also use apt command to install snmpd.

sudo apt -y install snmpd

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

sudo aptitude install snmpd

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