olpc-switchd command not found

Introduction

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

olpc-switchd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: olpc-switchd: command not found

Solutions to olpc-switchd: command not found

How To Fix olpc-switchd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu olpc-switchd is provided by olpc-powerd package.

olpc-powerd is:

The powerd daemon can function as an easily customizable replacement for ohmd (independent of X, D-Bus, and hald). This package provides the powerd and olpc-switchd daemons, and related utilities. The olpc-switchd daemon simply provides notifications about lid and switch events. The powerd daemon controls display dimming, automatically putting an XO to sleep after a period of idleness, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install olpc-powerd

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

You can also use apt command to install olpc-powerd.

sudo apt -y install olpc-powerd

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

sudo aptitude install olpc-powerd

Summary

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