wlfreerdp command not found

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

Introduction

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

wlfreerdp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wlfreerdp: command not found

Solutions to wlfreerdp: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wlfreerdp is provided by freerdp2-wayland package.

freerdp2-wayland is:

FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Currently, the FreeRDP clients supports the following Windows Versions:

  • Windows NT Server
  • Windows 2000 Terminal Server
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003 Server
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 2008/2008r2/2011SBS Server
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2012/2012r2 Server
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10

This package contains the wayland based client.

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

sudo apt-get -y install freerdp2-wayland

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

You can also use apt command to install freerdp2-wayland.

sudo apt -y install freerdp2-wayland

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

sudo aptitude install freerdp2-wayland

Summary

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