vpcd-config command not found

Introduction

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

vpcd-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vpcd-config: command not found

Solutions to vpcd-config: command not found

How To Fix vpcd-config: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu vpcd-config is provided by vsmartcard-vpcd package.

vsmartcard-vpcd is:

vpcd allows smart card applications to access the vpicc through the PC/SC API. By default vpcd opens slots for communication with multiple vpicc’s on localhost on port 35963 and port 35964.

The |vpicc| does not need to run on the same machine as the vpcd, and can connect over the internet for example.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vsmartcard-vpcd

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

You can also use apt command to install vsmartcard-vpcd.

sudo apt -y install vsmartcard-vpcd

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

sudo aptitude install vsmartcard-vpcd

Summary

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