xininfo command not found

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

Introduction

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

xininfo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xininfo: command not found

In Ubuntu xininfo is provided by xininfo package.

xininfo is:

xininfo is an X11 utility to query the current layout and size of each configured monitor. It is designed to be used by scripts.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xininfo

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

You can also use apt command to install xininfo.

sudo apt -y install xininfo

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

sudo aptitude install xininfo

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