ddcutil command not found

Introduction

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

ddcutil: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ddcutil: command not found

Solutions to ddcutil: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ddcutil is provided by ddcutil package.

ddcutil is:

ddcutil is used to query and change monitor settings.

ddcutil communicates with monitors implementing MCCS (Monitor Control Command Set). Normally, communication is performed using the DDC/CI protocol on the I2C bus. Alternatively, communication can be performed over USB as per the USB Monitor Control Class Specification.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ddcutil

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

You can also use apt command to install ddcutil.

sudo apt -y install ddcutil

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

sudo aptitude install ddcutil

Summary

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