osd_cat command not found

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

Introduction

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

osd_cat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: osd_cat: command not found

In Ubuntu osd_cat is provided by xosd-bin package.

xosd-bin is:

This package contains binary files shipped with the X OSD library: osd_cat - a ‘cat’ like program which will display its output in an OSD-like window

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

sudo apt-get -y install xosd-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install xosd-bin.

sudo apt -y install xosd-bin

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

sudo aptitude install xosd-bin

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