tcpxtract command not found

Introduction

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

tcpxtract: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tcpxtract: command not found

Solutions to tcpxtract: command not found

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

In Ubuntu tcpxtract is provided by tcpxtract package.

tcpxtract is:

tcpxtract is a fast console tool to extract files from network traffic based on file headers and footers and its patterns (so called carving).

Currently, 26 file formats are supported out of the box by tcpxtract but new formats can be added without problems. Foremost configurations are simple to convert to tcpxtract configuration files.

tcpxtract uses libpcap. So, it can read network dumps generated by tcpdump or wireshark or similar programs. tcpxtract is useful in network auditing and for forensics investigations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcpxtract

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

You can also use apt command to install tcpxtract.

sudo apt -y install tcpxtract

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

sudo aptitude install tcpxtract

Summary

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