wirefilter command not found

Introduction

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

wirefilter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wirefilter: command not found

Solutions to wirefilter: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wirefilter is provided by vde-wirefilter package.

vde-wirefilter 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 wirefilter to emulate delays and packet loss on virtual wires

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

sudo apt-get -y install vde-wirefilter

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

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

sudo apt -y install vde-wirefilter

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

sudo aptitude install vde-wirefilter

Summary

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