emerald-theme-manager command not found

Introduction

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

emerald-theme-manager: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: emerald-theme-manager: command not found

Solutions to emerald-theme-manager: command not found

How To Fix emerald-theme-manager: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu emerald-theme-manager is provided by emerald package.

emerald is:

Emerald is a window decorator for the Compiz window manager, using a custom theme format (*.emerald). It is highly customizable and supports different theme engines, with transparency and precise placement of borders and window title elements.

This package provides a decorator for compiz and a themer application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install emerald

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

You can also use apt command to install emerald.

sudo apt -y install emerald

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

sudo aptitude install emerald

Summary

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