xfpt command not found

Introduction

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

xfpt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfpt: command not found

Solutions to xfpt: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xfpt is provided by xfpt package.

xfpt is:

xfpt is a program that reads a file of plain text that contains relatively simple markup, and outputs an XML file. It is intended to simplify the management of XML data. It is not a program that attempts to turn a plain text document into XML. Markup within text is introduced by ampersand characters, but is otherwise “soft”. You can define what follows the ampersand, for example, &" to generate a “quote” element. There is also a macro facility that allows for higher level concepts such as chapters, displays, tables, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfpt

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

You can also use apt command to install xfpt.

sudo apt -y install xfpt

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

sudo aptitude install xfpt

Summary

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