xvkbd command not found

Introduction

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

xvkbd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xvkbd: command not found

Solutions to xvkbd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xvkbd is provided by xvkbd package.

xvkbd is:

xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System which provides facility to enter characters onto other clients (software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk terminals or handheld devices. This program also has facility to send characters specified as the command line option to another client.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xvkbd

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

You can also use apt command to install xvkbd.

sudo apt -y install xvkbd

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

sudo aptitude install xvkbd

Summary

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