xxkb command not found

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

Introduction

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

xxkb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xxkb: command not found

In Ubuntu xxkb is provided by xxkb package.

xxkb is:

This program is a keyboard state indicator and switcher for xkb. Features:

shows current xkb group (pixmap in its own window)
allows switch group by mouse click
allows individual state for every window
can install its own button (indicator/mouse switcher) on every window’s title bar
can restrict keyboard states for every window to only two (“main group” - “alternative group”) if xkb set up for more than two groups. Bugs:
documentation is partially in Russian (koi8-r charset) only

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

sudo apt-get -y install xxkb

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

You can also use apt command to install xxkb.

sudo apt -y install xxkb

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

sudo aptitude install xxkb

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