hpanel command not found

Introduction

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

hpanel: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hpanel: command not found

Solutions to hpanel: command not found

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

In Ubuntu hpanel is provided by hpanel package.

hpanel is:

Hpanel is hacked version of fspanel, a small panel that lists your windows and allows you to switch workspaces. It requires a window manager that is compliant with the NETWM specification. It works nicely with pekwm and aewm++, and handles maximized windows better than fspanel.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hpanel

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

You can also use apt command to install hpanel.

sudo apt -y install hpanel

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

sudo aptitude install hpanel

Summary

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