swtpm command not found

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

Introduction

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

swtpm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: swtpm: command not found

In Ubuntu swtpm is provided by swtpm package.

swtpm is:

The swtpm package provides TPM emulators that listen for TPM commands on sockets, character devices, or CUSE devices.

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

sudo apt-get -y install swtpm

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

You can also use apt command to install swtpm.

sudo apt -y install swtpm

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

sudo aptitude install swtpm

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