Xwayland command not found

Introduction

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

Xwayland: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: Xwayland: command not found

Solutions to Xwayland: command not found

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

In Ubuntu Xwayland is provided by xwayland package.

xwayland is:

This package provides an X server running on top of wayland, using wayland input devices for input and forwarding either the root window or individual top-level windows as wayland surfaces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xwayland

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

You can also use apt command to install xwayland.

sudo apt -y install xwayland

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

sudo aptitude install xwayland

Summary

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