xrootd-config command not found

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

Introduction

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

xrootd-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xrootd-config: command not found

In Ubuntu xrootd-config is provided by libxrootd-dev package.

libxrootd-dev is:

This package contains header files and development libraries for xrootd development.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxrootd-dev

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

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

sudo apt -y install libxrootd-dev

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

sudo aptitude install libxrootd-dev

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