cvt command not found

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

Introduction

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

cvt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cvt: command not found

In Ubuntu cvt is provided by xcvt package.

xcvt is:

libxcvt is a library providing a standalone version of the X server implementation of the VESA CVT standard timing modelines generator.

This package includes the commandline tool ‘cvt’.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xcvt

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

You can also use apt command to install xcvt.

sudo apt -y install xcvt

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

sudo aptitude install xcvt

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