cxl command not found

Introduction

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

cxl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cxl: command not found

Solutions to cxl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cxl is provided by ndctl package.

ndctl is:

The nvdimm subsystem defines a kernel device model and control message interface for platform NVDIMM resources like those defined by the ACPI 6+ NFIT (NVDIMM Firmware Interface Table).

This package contains a utility for managing the nvdimm (non-volatile memory device) subsystem in the Linux kernel.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ndctl

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

You can also use apt command to install ndctl.

sudo apt -y install ndctl

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

sudo aptitude install ndctl

Summary

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