byobu-launcher command not found

Introduction

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

byobu-launcher: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: byobu-launcher: command not found

Solutions to byobu-launcher: command not found

How To Fix byobu-launcher: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu byobu-launcher is provided by byobu package.

byobu is:

Byobu is Ubuntu’s powerful text-based window manager, shell multiplexer, and integrated DevOps environment.

Using Byobu, you can quickly create and move between different windows over a single SSH connection or TTY terminal, split each of those windows into multiple panes, monitor dozens of important statistics about your system, detach and reattach to sessions later while your programs continue to run in the background.

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

sudo apt-get -y install byobu

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

You can also use apt command to install byobu.

sudo apt -y install byobu

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

sudo aptitude install byobu

Summary

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