xinput command not found

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

Introduction

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

xinput: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xinput: command not found

In Ubuntu xinput is provided by xinput package.

xinput is:

Xinput is an utility for configuring and testing XInput devices.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xinput

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

You can also use apt command to install xinput.

sudo apt -y install xinput

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

sudo aptitude install xinput

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