gpm command not found

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

Introduction

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

gpm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gpm: command not found

In Ubuntu gpm is provided by gpm package.

gpm is:

This package provides a daemon that captures mouse events when the system console is active, and delivers events to applications through a library.

By default, the daemon provides a ‘selection’ mode, so that cut-and-paste with the mouse works on the console just as it does under X.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpm

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

You can also use apt command to install gpm.

sudo apt -y install gpm

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

sudo aptitude install gpm

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