hsetroot command not found

Introduction

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

hsetroot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hsetroot: command not found

Solutions to hsetroot: command not found

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

In Ubuntu hsetroot is provided by hsetroot package.

hsetroot is:

hsetroot is a tool which allows you to compose wallpapers (“root pixmaps”) for X. It has a lot of options like rendering gradients, solids, images but it also allows you to perform manipulations on those things, or chain them together.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hsetroot

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

You can also use apt command to install hsetroot.

sudo apt -y install hsetroot

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

sudo aptitude install hsetroot

Summary

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