wxedid command not found

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

Introduction

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

wxedid: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wxedid: command not found

Solutions to wxedid: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wxedid is provided by wxedid package.

wxedid is:

wxEDID is a wxWidgets based editor for Extended Display Identification Data (EDID).

It operates on offline files that can be flashed to a monitor using the technique described here: https://wiki.debian.org/RepairEDID.

This tool can modify the base EDID v1.3+ structure and the CEA/CTA-861-G, as the first extension block. The program also provides a DTD constructor to aid with the selection of suitable timings.

The tool can import and export EDID data in binary blob and in hexadecimal formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wxedid

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

You can also use apt command to install wxedid.

sudo apt -y install wxedid

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

sudo aptitude install wxedid

Summary

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