xrootconsole command not found

Introduction

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

xrootconsole: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xrootconsole: command not found

Solutions to xrootconsole: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xrootconsole is provided by xrootconsole package.

xrootconsole is:

Xrootconsole redirects its input to a transparent (and optionally shaded) window on the root window. It supports displaying UTF-8 and ANSI-colors, e.g. those generated with “ccze -A” or “loco”.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xrootconsole

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

You can also use apt command to install xrootconsole.

sudo apt -y install xrootconsole

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

sudo aptitude install xrootconsole

Summary

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