grdctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

grdctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: grdctl: command not found

Solutions to grdctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu grdctl is provided by gnome-remote-desktop package.

gnome-remote-desktop is:

This daemon enables GNOME to offer remote desktop sharing using VNC with PipeWire. It supports both GNOME on X and GNOME on Wayland. Remote sharing can be enabled and managed in the GNOME Settings app.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-remote-desktop

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

You can also use apt command to install gnome-remote-desktop.

sudo apt -y install gnome-remote-desktop

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-remote-desktop

Summary

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