xgrep command not found

Introduction

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

xgrep: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xgrep: command not found

Solutions to xgrep: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xgrep is provided by xgrep package.

xgrep is:

xgrep provides facilities for searching content in XML files. The search is specified either as an XPath via the -x flag, or a custom syntax, including extended regular expressions, via the -s flag. Multiple input files may be specified; if none are provided, input is read from stdin.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xgrep

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

You can also use apt command to install xgrep.

sudo apt -y install xgrep

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

sudo aptitude install xgrep

Summary

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