lxappearance command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix lxappearance command not found error message

Introduction

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

lxappearance: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lxappearance: command not found

Solutions to lxappearance: command not found

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

In Ubuntu lxappearance is provided by lxappearance package.

lxappearance is:

LXAppearance is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

It is a new feature-rich GTK+ theme switcher able to change GTK+ themes, icon themes, and fonts used by applications. GNOME/KDE/Xfce user may use build-in theme, this works for GTK+ based lightweight desktop Environment.

Features:

  • Choose GTK+ theme
  • Choose icon theme
  • Install new icon theme
  • Choose their favorite font
  • Choose toolbar style
  • See changes immediately in preview area

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxappearance

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

You can also use apt command to install lxappearance.

sudo apt -y install lxappearance

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

sudo aptitude install lxappearance

Summary

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