xenstored command not found

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

Introduction

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

xenstored: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xenstored: command not found

Solutions to xenstored: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xenstored is provided by xen-utils-common package.

xen-utils-common is:

The userspace tools to manage a system virtualized through the Xen virtual machine monitor.

This package is only required on the host system (Domain 0) and not on the virtual guest systems (Domain U).

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

sudo apt-get -y install xen-utils-common

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

You can also use apt command to install xen-utils-common.

sudo apt -y install xen-utils-common

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

sudo aptitude install xen-utils-common

Summary

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