flwm command not found

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

Introduction

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

flwm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: flwm: command not found

Solutions to flwm: command not found

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

In Ubuntu flwm is provided by flwm package.

flwm is:

Flwm is an attempt to combine the best ideas from several window managers. The primary influence and code base is from wm2 by Chris Cannam. Primary features copied from wm2 are:

  • Does not look like Windows.
  • Nifty sideways title bars.
  • No icons. You deiconify by picking off a pop-up menu. This means no space is wasted by icons.
  • Really small and fast code.

It is enhanced by the author’s own further nutty ideas:

  • Does not use shape extension, more standard resize handles.
  • Occupies as little screen space as possible. The border and titles are as thin as you could possibly make them. And maximized windows waste only 15 pixels horizontally and zero (count’em) pixels vertically!
  • Independent maximize buttons for width & height, close button.
  • Understands Motif, KDE, and GNOME window manager hints.
  • Multiple desktops, controlled from the same menu as the icons.

The recommended packages are needed to generate flwm’s application menus:

  • For the old style debian-specific menu: menu
  • For the FreeDesktop menu based on .desktop files: libfile-desktopentry-perl, libfile-which-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libset-scalar-perl, and perl.

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

sudo apt-get -y install flwm

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

You can also use apt command to install flwm.

sudo apt -y install flwm

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

sudo aptitude install flwm

Summary

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