lxlock command not found

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

Introduction

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

lxlock: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lxlock: command not found

In Ubuntu lxlock is provided by lxlock package.

lxlock is:

LXLock is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

It’s a simple locking utility for LXDE.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxlock

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

You can also use apt command to install lxlock.

sudo apt -y install lxlock

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

sudo aptitude install lxlock

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