gsetroot command not found

Introduction

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

gsetroot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gsetroot: command not found

Solutions to gsetroot: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gsetroot is provided by gsetroot package.

gsetroot is:

It can be used to choose a wallpaper and configure root window. It works under Window Managers like FluxBox, Enlightenment, WindowMaker NextStep, BlackBox, IceWM and others… This software is under the GPL license.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gsetroot

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

You can also use apt command to install gsetroot.

sudo apt -y install gsetroot

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

sudo aptitude install gsetroot

Summary

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