xxd command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xxd command not found error message

Introduction

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

xxd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xxd: command not found

In Ubuntu xxd is provided by xxd package.

xxd is:

xxd creates a hex dump of a given file or standard input. It can also convert a hex dump back to its original binary form.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xxd

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

You can also use apt command to install xxd.

sudo apt -y install xxd

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

sudo aptitude install xxd

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