uxvile command not found

Introduction

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

uxvile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: uxvile: command not found

Solutions to uxvile: command not found

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

In Ubuntu uxvile is provided by xvile package.

xvile is:

vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of ``finger feel’’. In addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably multi-file editing and viewing, syntax highlighting, key rebinding, an optional embedded perl interpreter, and real X window system support.

This package contains the X11 binary. Required support files are contained in vile-common. Source code highlighting filters are in vile-filters. A character-mode binary is in the vile package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xvile

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

You can also use apt command to install xvile.

sudo apt -y install xvile

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

sudo aptitude install xvile

Summary

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