'ss' command for checking sockets not found

Question

I get an error when I try to execute this command on Red Hat Linux.

$ ss -s
-bash: ss: command not found

It is supposed to be for checking socket statistics. How do I execute this?

Solution 1

As per comment above: Try with the full path;

/usr/sbin/ss

Solution 2

sudo yum install iproute2   #RHEL
sudo apt install iproute2   #Ubuntu

Solution 3

Install it using sudo yum install iproute

Comments

[tink]

Is the iproute package installed, are you root, or is /usr/sbin in your PATH?

[Blade1024]

ahh thanks... /usr/sbin/ss did the trick! thanks tink ;)

[tink]

You're welcome :) ... can a comment be flagged as a solution? ;D

[jesse_b]

This does not provide a solution to OP's problem.

[Jeff Schaller]

To be fair, if the question is 'how do I execute ss when I'm getting "command not found"?', and the iproute package contains the ss program, then this addresses the core of the question. It does not address possible $PATH issues or explain why they think this is the right answer, but it's a least an attempt to answer the question.

[Jeff Schaller]

Hem, note my comments above and also the fact that this question was answered over 6 years ago and that answer was accepted. Did you intend this to be a complete answer, or as a comment on the other answer?

[Mir-Ismaili]

cannot access '/usr/sbin/ss': No such file or directory

[bu5hman]

While this was a possible answer to a similar problem it wasn't actually OP's problem which is hidden in the comments, as is the solution.