[SOLVED] sh: killall: command not found

ted_chou12 · 11-17-2011, 08:49 PM

Hi, I seem to remember that exists a command killall such that when u specify a program, it will terminate every pid or running process to do with it.
Eg. killall samba

but with my newly installed system:

Code:

sh: killall: command not found
I tried 

sh-3.1# apt-get install killall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package killall

How can I install it?
Thanks,
Ted

fukawi1 · 11-17-2011, 09:00 PM

It should be there by default.

Code:

 $ which killall
$ echo $PATH

It looks like you are running a fairly minimal bashrc, its possible its a path related problem.
Does the location of killall show up in the path? (/usr/bin most likely)

ted_chou12 · 11-17-2011, 09:18 PM

Hi, here r the responses:

Code:

sh-3.1# which killall
sh-3.1# echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin

THanks,

fukawi1 · 11-17-2011, 09:35 PM

Hmm, instead of trying apt-get install,

do an apt-cache search.

On my FC15 box, killall is located in the "psmisc" package.

But it sounds to me like something hasn't installed correctly. I would imagine killall would be installed by default on even the most stripped of distro's. Its been there the last time i installed Arch or a CentOS 6 netinst (which seemed to have a few things missing that i thought should be there)

ted_chou12 · 11-17-2011, 10:02 PM

Hi, I don't quite understand why this results:

Code:

sh-3.1# apt-cache search psmisc
psmisc - Utilities that use the proc filesystem

I am using a debian system.

ted_chou12 · 11-17-2011, 10:06 PM

HI, thanks, I seem to be able to install:

Code:

aptitude install psmisc

Thanks,
Ted