x2gofm command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix x2gofm command not found error message

Introduction

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

x2gofm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x2gofm: command not found

Solutions to x2gofm: command not found

How To Fix x2gofm: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu x2gofm is provided by x2goserver-fmbindings package.

x2goserver-fmbindings is:

X2Go is a server based computing environment with

  • session resuming
  • low bandwidth support
  • session brokerage support
  • client-side mass storage mounting support
  • client-side printing support
  • audio support
  • authentication by smartcard and USB stick

x2goserver-fmbindings contains generic MIME type information for X2Go’s local folder sharing. It can be used with all freedesktop.org compliant desktop shells.

However, this package will be superseded by other, more specific destkop binding components, if installed and being used with the corresponding desktop shell:

  • under LXDE by x2golxdebindings
  • under GNOMEv2 by x2gognomebindings
  • under MATE by x2gomatebindings
  • under KDE4/5 by plasma-widget-x2go

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

sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-fmbindings

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

You can also use apt command to install x2goserver-fmbindings.

sudo apt -y install x2goserver-fmbindings

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

sudo aptitude install x2goserver-fmbindings

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x2gofm command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.