i3status command not found

Introduction

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

i3status: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: i3status: command not found

Solutions to i3status: command not found

How To Fix i3status: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu i3status is provided by i3status package.

i3status is:

i3status is a small (about 3000 SLOC) and light-weight program for generating a status bar for i3bar, dzen2, xmobar or similar programs by combining several information about your system (IP addresses of your interfaces, load, current date/time, ESSID of the network you are associated to, disk status, and so on).

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

sudo apt-get -y install i3status

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

You can also use apt command to install i3status.

sudo apt -y install i3status

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

sudo aptitude install i3status

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix i3status command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.