picom-trans command not found

Introduction

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

picom-trans: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: picom-trans: command not found

Solutions to picom-trans: command not found

How To Fix picom-trans: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu picom-trans is provided by picom package.

picom is:

picom is a compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr. In addition to shadows, fading and translucency, picom implements window frame opacity control, inactive window transparency, and shadows on argb windows.

picom is a fork of compton as it seems to have become unmaintained.

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

sudo apt-get -y install picom

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

You can also use apt command to install picom.

sudo apt -y install picom

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

sudo aptitude install picom

Summary

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