v86d command not found

Introduction

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

v86d: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: v86d: command not found

Solutions to v86d: command not found

How To Fix v86d: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu v86d is provided by v86d package.

v86d is:

v86d provides a backend for kernel drivers that need to execute x86 BIOS code. The code is executed in a controlled environment and the results are passed back to the kernel via the netlink interface.

v86d is needed by the uvesafb kernel module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install v86d

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

You can also use apt command to install v86d.

sudo apt -y install v86d

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

sudo aptitude install v86d

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix v86d command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.