vde_switch command not found

Introduction

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

vde_switch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vde_switch: command not found

Solutions to vde_switch: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vde_switch is provided by vde-switch package.

vde-switch is:

VDE is a virtual switch that can connect multiple virtual machines together, both local and remote.

Components of the VDE architecture are VDE switches (virtual counterpart of ethernet switches) and VDE cables (virtual counterpart of a crossed-cable used to connect two switches).

This package contains vde_switch, the vde virtual switch

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

sudo apt-get -y install vde-switch

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

You can also use apt command to install vde-switch.

sudo apt -y install vde-switch

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

sudo aptitude install vde-switch

Summary

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