mousetweaks command not found

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

Introduction

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

mousetweaks: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mousetweaks: command not found

In Ubuntu mousetweaks is provided by mousetweaks package.

mousetweaks is:

This package contains a daemon and some panel applets to improve mouse usability on the GNOME desktop. These enhancements are:

The possibility to click without a button
The ability to bring the context menu with a one-button mouse (like MacOS does)
An area to capture the mouse pointer until it is released with a pre-defined key combination.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mousetweaks

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

You can also use apt command to install mousetweaks.

sudo apt -y install mousetweaks

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

sudo aptitude install mousetweaks

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