startsrv command not found

Introduction

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

startsrv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: startsrv: command not found

Solutions to startsrv: command not found

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

In Ubuntu startsrv is provided by remote-tty package.

remote-tty is:

This is Paul Vixie’s rtty serial console tool. It allows runs a server per port which then support multiple connections at time from “tip”/“cu”-like clients. It also supports logging of output from the port, even when no client is connected. This can be invaluable for post mortem diagnosis of crashes of serial consoled machines.

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

sudo apt-get -y install remote-tty

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

You can also use apt command to install remote-tty.

sudo apt -y install remote-tty

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

sudo aptitude install remote-tty

Summary

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