hud-cli-toolbar command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hud-cli-toolbar command not found error message

Introduction

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

hud-cli-toolbar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hud-cli-toolbar: command not found

Solutions to hud-cli-toolbar: command not found

How To Fix hud-cli-toolbar: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu hud-cli-toolbar is provided by hud-tools package.

hud-tools is:

Unity HUD is a heads-up-display interface for controlling the behavior of applications as well as Unity via typed-in commands. It provides access to all applications menu via a single central interface, in order to simplify application usage and make menus more accessible.

This package provides tools for working with Unity’s HUD.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hud-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install hud-tools.

sudo apt -y install hud-tools

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

sudo aptitude install hud-tools

Summary

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