yubioath-desktop command not found

Introduction

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

yubioath-desktop: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: yubioath-desktop: command not found

Solutions to yubioath-desktop: command not found

How To Fix yubioath-desktop: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu yubioath-desktop is provided by yubioath-desktop package.

yubioath-desktop is:

The Yubico Authenticator is a graphical desktop tool for generating Open AuTHentication (OATH) event-based HOTP and time-based TOTP one-time password codes, with the help of a Yubikey that protects the shared secrets.

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

sudo apt-get -y install yubioath-desktop

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

You can also use apt command to install yubioath-desktop.

sudo apt -y install yubioath-desktop

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

sudo aptitude install yubioath-desktop

Summary

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