xsecurelock command not found

Introduction

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

xsecurelock: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xsecurelock: command not found

Solutions to xsecurelock: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xsecurelock is provided by xsecurelock package.

xsecurelock is:

Screen lock utilities are widespread. However, in the past they often had security issues regarding authentication bypass (a crashing screen locker would unlock the screen), information disclosure (notifications may appear on top of the screen saver), or sometimes even worse.

In XSecureLock, security is achieved using a modular design to avoid the usual pitfalls of screen locking utility design on X11.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xsecurelock

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

You can also use apt command to install xsecurelock.

sudo apt -y install xsecurelock

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

sudo aptitude install xsecurelock

Summary

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