w9wm command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix w9wm command not found error message

Introduction

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

w9wm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: w9wm: command not found

Solutions to w9wm: command not found

How To Fix w9wm: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu w9wm is provided by w9wm package.

w9wm is:

w9wm is a small window manager. It can be used to imitate the appearance expected from a plan9 conforming desktop.

It shares most of its appearance with the window manager 9wm, from which it descends. It provides some additional features such as support for virtual screens as well as keyboard bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install w9wm

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

You can also use apt command to install w9wm.

sudo apt -y install w9wm

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

sudo aptitude install w9wm

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix w9wm command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.