fbgrab command not found

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

Introduction

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

fbgrab: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fbgrab: command not found

In Ubuntu fbgrab is provided by fbcat package.

fbcat is:

fbcat grabs a screenshot of a framebuffer and stores in a PPM file.

This package also provides a compatibility wrapper around fbcat to ease migration from fbgrab.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fbcat

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

You can also use apt command to install fbcat.

sudo apt -y install fbcat

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

sudo aptitude install fbcat

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