sslscan command not found

Introduction

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

sslscan: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sslscan: command not found

Solutions to sslscan: command not found

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

In Ubuntu sslscan is provided by sslscan package.

sslscan is:

This tool allow queries SSL/TLS services (such as HTTPS) and reports the protocol versions, cipher suites, key exchanges, signature algorithms, and certificates in use. This helps the user understand which parameters are weak from a security standpoint.

sslscan can also output results into an XML file for easy consumption by external programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sslscan

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

You can also use apt command to install sslscan.

sudo apt -y install sslscan

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

sudo aptitude install sslscan

Summary

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