rxvt-unicode command not found

Introduction

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

rxvt-unicode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rxvt-unicode: command not found

Solutions to rxvt-unicode: command not found

How To Fix rxvt-unicode: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu rxvt-unicode is provided by rxvt-unicode package.

rxvt-unicode is:

rxvt-unicode is a modern, Unicode-aware color xterm replacement that uses significantly less memory than a conventional xterm and many other Unicode supporting terminal emulators.

It supports using multiple fonts at the same time, including Xft fonts, and client-server technology to reduce memory consumption when using multiple windows.

This package is configured with 256-color support, and TERM set to “rxvt-unicode-256color”. Any other systems you log into must have this terminfo entry installed!

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

sudo apt-get -y install rxvt-unicode

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

You can also use apt command to install rxvt-unicode.

sudo apt -y install rxvt-unicode

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

sudo aptitude install rxvt-unicode

Summary

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