xrd-settings command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xrd-settings command not found error message

Introduction

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

xrd-settings: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xrd-settings: command not found

In Ubuntu xrd-settings is provided by xrdesktop package.

xrdesktop is:

library for XR interaction with classical desktop compositors.

This package includes the settings application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xrdesktop

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

You can also use apt command to install xrdesktop.

sudo apt -y install xrdesktop

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

sudo aptitude install xrdesktop

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