bsetroot command not found

Introduction

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

bsetroot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bsetroot: command not found

Solutions to bsetroot: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bsetroot is provided by blackbox package.

blackbox is:

This is a window manager for X. It is similar in many respects to such popular packages as Window Maker, Enlightenment, and FVWM2. You might be interested in this package if you are tired of window managers that are a heavy drain on your system resources, but you still want an attractive and modern-looking interface.

The best part of all is that this program is coded in C++, so it is even more attractive “under the hood” than it is in service – no small feat.

If none of this sounds familiar to you, or you want your computer to look like Microsoft Windows or Apple’s OS X, you probably don’t want this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install blackbox

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

You can also use apt command to install blackbox.

sudo apt -y install blackbox

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

sudo aptitude install blackbox

Summary

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