xpamb command not found

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

Introduction

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

xpamb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xpamb: command not found

Solutions to xpamb: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xpamb is provided by xpa-tools package.

xpa-tools is:

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. Because XPA works both at the programming level and the shell level, it is a powerful tool for unifying any analysis environment: users and programmers have great flexibility in choosing the best level or levels at which to access XPA services, and client access can be extended or modified easily at any time.

This package contains the additional tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xpa-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install xpa-tools.

sudo apt -y install xpa-tools

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

sudo aptitude install xpa-tools

Summary

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