vsftpd command not found

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

Introduction

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

vsftpd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vsftpd: command not found

In Ubuntu vsftpd is provided by vsftpd package.

vsftpd is:

This package provides the “Very Secure FTP Daemon”, written from the ground up with security in mind.

It supports both anonymous and non-anonymous FTP access, PAM authentication, bandwidth limiting, and the Linux sendfile() facility.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vsftpd

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

You can also use apt command to install vsftpd.

sudo apt -y install vsftpd

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

sudo aptitude install vsftpd

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