frm_xfrd command not found

Introduction

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

frm_xfrd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: frm_xfrd: command not found

Solutions to frm_xfrd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu frm_xfrd is provided by xrootd-server package.

xrootd-server is:

The Extended root file server consists of a file server called xrootd and a cluster management server called cmsd.

The xrootd server was developed for the root analysis framework to serve root files. However, the server is agnostic to file types and provides POSIX-like access to any type of file.

The cmsd server is the next generation version of the olbd server, originally developed to cluster and load balance Objectivity/DB AMS database servers. It provides enhanced capability along with lower latency and increased throughput.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xrootd-server

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

You can also use apt command to install xrootd-server.

sudo apt -y install xrootd-server

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

sudo aptitude install xrootd-server

Summary

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