pekwm command not found

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

Introduction

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

pekwm: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pekwm: command not found

Solutions to pekwm: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pekwm is provided by pekwm package.

pekwm is:

Pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama, keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more.

Some of its characteristics are:

  • Lightweight and Unobtrusive, a window manager shouldn’t be noticed.
  • Very configurable, everyone work and think in different ways.
  • Automatic properties, for all the lazy people, make things appear as they should when starting applications.
  • Chainable Keygrabber, usability for everyone.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pekwm

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

You can also use apt command to install pekwm.

sudo apt -y install pekwm

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

sudo aptitude install pekwm

Summary

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