Xnest command not found

Introduction

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

Xnest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: Xnest: command not found

Solutions to Xnest: command not found

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

In Ubuntu Xnest is provided by xnest package.

xnest is:

Xnest is a nested X server that simply relays all its requests to another X server, where it runs as a client. This means that it appears as another window in your current X session. Xnest relies upon its parent X server for font services.

Use of the Xephyr X server instead of Xnest is recommended.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org

This package is built from the X.org xserver module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xnest

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

You can also use apt command to install xnest.

sudo apt -y install xnest

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

sudo aptitude install xnest

Summary

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