xprintidle command not found

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

Introduction

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

xprintidle: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xprintidle: command not found

In Ubuntu xprintidle is provided by xprintidle package.

xprintidle is:

xprintidle is a utility that queries the X server for the user’s idle time and prints it to stdout (in milliseconds).

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

sudo apt-get -y install xprintidle

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

You can also use apt command to install xprintidle.

sudo apt -y install xprintidle

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

sudo aptitude install xprintidle

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