hydrapaper command not found

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

Introduction

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

hydrapaper: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hydrapaper: command not found

In Ubuntu hydrapaper is provided by hydrapaper package.

hydrapaper is:

HydraPaper is a GTK-based utility that sets background images for multiple monitor desktops independently.

It works by merging multiple wallpaper images into one and setting the result as wallpaper with the “Spanned” option.

It is based on the GNOME 3 Desktop but officially supports MATE and Budgie as well, and should work on any GNOME-based desktop like Pantheon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hydrapaper

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

You can also use apt command to install hydrapaper.

sudo apt -y install hydrapaper

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

sudo aptitude install hydrapaper

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