vbetool command not found

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

Introduction

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

vbetool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vbetool: command not found

Solutions to vbetool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vbetool is provided by vbetool package.

vbetool is:

vbetool uses lrmi in order to run code from the video BIOS. Currently, it is able to alter DPMS states, save/restore video card state and attempt to initialize the video card from scratch.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vbetool

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

You can also use apt command to install vbetool.

sudo apt -y install vbetool

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

sudo aptitude install vbetool

Summary

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