fvwm-menu-directory command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix fvwm-menu-directory command not found error message

Introduction

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

fvwm-menu-directory: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fvwm-menu-directory: command not found

Solutions to fvwm-menu-directory: command not found

How To Fix fvwm-menu-directory: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu fvwm-menu-directory is provided by fvwm package.

fvwm is:

FVWM is a powerful ICCCM2 compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for the X Window System. FVWM requires relatively little memory.

This 2.6 version includes new features like full support of the EWMH (Extended Window Manager Hints) specification, internationalization, improved window decoration code (no flickering anymore), bi-directional asian text support, FreeType font support (antialiasing), image rendering, Perl based module library, support for PNG images, side titles and much more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fvwm

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

You can also use apt command to install fvwm.

sudo apt -y install fvwm

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

sudo aptitude install fvwm

Summary

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