xrdfs command not found

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

Introduction

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

xrdfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xrdfs: command not found

In Ubuntu xrdfs is provided by xrootd-client package.

xrootd-client is:

This package contains the command line tools used to communicate with xrootd servers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xrootd-client

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

You can also use apt command to install xrootd-client.

sudo apt -y install xrootd-client

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

sudo aptitude install xrootd-client

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