vrrpd command not found

Introduction

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

vrrpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vrrpd: command not found

Solutions to vrrpd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vrrpd is provided by vrrpd package.

vrrpd is:

This package provides an implementation of VRRPv2 as specified in rfc2338. It runs in the Linux kernel’s userspace (as root).

VRRP can be used to setup high-availability services in Debian since two machines can use the same (virtual) IP address which is transfered upon failover. Some kernel features need to be enabled (please read the FAQ)

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

sudo apt-get -y install vrrpd

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

You can also use apt command to install vrrpd.

sudo apt -y install vrrpd

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

sudo aptitude install vrrpd

Summary

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