fvwm1 command not found

Introduction

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

fvwm1: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fvwm1: command not found

Solutions to fvwm1: command not found

How To Fix fvwm1: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu fvwm1 is provided by fvwm1 package.

fvwm1 is:

This package contains the old version of the FVWM windows manager. It is no longer supported upstream, having been replaced by FVWM 2, and so no non-Debian-related bugs will be fixed unless someone else provides a patch.

You probably only want to use this package instead of the fvwm package if you know what you are doing or have very specific requirements.

FVWM is a fairly small window manager which provides a three-dimensional appearance and a virtual desktop, complete with colour icons.

You will need to install the fvwm-common package if you want the xpmroot command and some icons, along with manual pages for the modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fvwm1

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

You can also use apt command to install fvwm1.

sudo apt -y install fvwm1

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

sudo aptitude install fvwm1

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix fvwm1 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.