cpufreqnextgovernor command not found

Introduction

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

cpufreqnextgovernor: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cpufreqnextgovernor: command not found

Solutions to cpufreqnextgovernor: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cpufreqnextgovernor is provided by gkrellm-cpufreq package.

gkrellm-cpufreq is:

gkrellm-cpufreq is an additional plugin for GKrellM that allows one to view and set the CPU clock frequency. It also displays the currently active CPU gouverner which has been set for cpufreq such as on-demand, performance and powersave. The plugin is very useful when using tiling window managers such as awesome together with GKrellM.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gkrellm-cpufreq

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

You can also use apt command to install gkrellm-cpufreq.

sudo apt -y install gkrellm-cpufreq

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

sudo aptitude install gkrellm-cpufreq

Summary

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