freerdp-shadow-cli command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix freerdp-shadow-cli command not found error message

Introduction

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

freerdp-shadow-cli: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: freerdp-shadow-cli: command not found

In Ubuntu freerdp-shadow-cli is provided by freerdp2-shadow-x11 package.

freerdp2-shadow-x11 is:

FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

This package contains a “shadowing” server that can be used to share an already started X11 DISPLAY.

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

sudo apt-get -y install freerdp2-shadow-x11

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

You can also use apt command to install freerdp2-shadow-x11.

sudo apt -y install freerdp2-shadow-x11

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

sudo aptitude install freerdp2-shadow-x11

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