indicator-cpufreq command not found

Introduction

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

indicator-cpufreq: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: indicator-cpufreq: command not found

Solutions to indicator-cpufreq: command not found

How To Fix indicator-cpufreq: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu indicator-cpufreq is provided by indicator-cpufreq package.

indicator-cpufreq is:

Indicator applet for displaying and changing CPU frequency on the fly. It provides the same functionality as the GNOME CPU frequency applet, but doesn’t require GNOME panel and works under Unity.

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

sudo apt-get -y install indicator-cpufreq

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

You can also use apt command to install indicator-cpufreq.

sudo apt -y install indicator-cpufreq

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

sudo aptitude install indicator-cpufreq

Summary

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