xosd-config command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xosd-config command not found error message

Introduction

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

xosd-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xosd-config: command not found

In Ubuntu xosd-config is provided by libxosd-dev package.

libxosd-dev is:

A library for displaying a TV-like on-screen display in X.

This package contains the development headers needed for compiling programs against libxosd.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxosd-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install libxosd-dev.

sudo apt -y install libxosd-dev

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

sudo aptitude install libxosd-dev

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