xtermcontrol command not found

Introduction

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

xtermcontrol: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xtermcontrol: command not found

Solutions to xtermcontrol: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xtermcontrol is provided by xtermcontrol package.

xtermcontrol is:

xtermcontrol is an utility to dynamically query and modify xterm properties, making it easy to query and change colors, title, font and geometry of a running xterm. Window manipulations such as de-/iconify, raise/lower, maximize/restore and reset are also supported.

xtermcontrol also lets advanced users issue any xterm control sequence.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xtermcontrol

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

You can also use apt command to install xtermcontrol.

sudo apt -y install xtermcontrol

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

sudo aptitude install xtermcontrol

Summary

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