aewm++_setrootimage command not found

Introduction

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

aewm++_setrootimage: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: aewm++_setrootimage: command not found

Solutions to aewm++_setrootimage: command not found

How To Fix aewm++_setrootimage: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu aewm++_setrootimage is provided by aewm++-goodies package.

aewm++-goodies is:

These utilities were previously supplied with aewm++; they are intended to provide some of the typical desktop functionality that aewm++ itself does not include. This package provides:

• aewm++_appbar: a small application launcher
• aewm++_fspanel: a very small panel
• aewm++_setrootimage: draws a gradient on the X root window
• aewm++_xsession: keeps an X session alive Note that some of these were named differently in previous releases.

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

sudo apt-get -y install aewm++-goodies

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

You can also use apt command to install aewm++-goodies.

sudo apt -y install aewm++-goodies

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

sudo aptitude install aewm++-goodies

Summary

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