x2gothinclient_preptftpboot command not found

Introduction

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

x2gothinclient_preptftpboot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x2gothinclient_preptftpboot: command not found

Solutions to x2gothinclient_preptftpboot: command not found

How To Fix x2gothinclient_preptftpboot: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu x2gothinclient_preptftpboot is provided by x2gothinclient-management package.

x2gothinclient-management is:

X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session broker support - client-side mass storage mounting support - client-side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick

x2gothinclient-management:

IMPORTANT: Install this package on the chroot server that provides X2Go Thin Client images over PXE/Etherboot.

For chroot servers it is recommended to use a very separate machine (not your main server on your network) that only serves this purpose.

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

sudo apt-get -y install x2gothinclient-management

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

You can also use apt command to install x2gothinclient-management.

sudo apt -y install x2gothinclient-management

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

sudo aptitude install x2gothinclient-management

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x2gothinclient_preptftpboot command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.