wminput command not found

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

Introduction

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

wminput: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wminput: command not found

Solutions to wminput: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wminput is provided by wminput package.

wminput is:

CWiid is a working userspace driver along with various applications implementing event drivers, multiple wiimote connectivity, gesture recognition, and other Wiimote-based functionality.

This package provides an event driver for the wiimote, supporting all buttons (except Power) and pointer tracking, and featuring a tracking algorithm plugin architecture.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wminput

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

You can also use apt command to install wminput.

sudo apt -y install wminput

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

sudo aptitude install wminput

Summary

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