rpws command not found

Introduction

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

rpws: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rpws: command not found

Solutions to rpws: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rpws is provided by ratpoison package.

ratpoison is:

ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. It is largely modelled after GNU Screen.

The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your precious screen real estate.

All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes. ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize key clobbering.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ratpoison

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

You can also use apt command to install ratpoison.

sudo apt -y install ratpoison

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

sudo aptitude install ratpoison

Summary

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