pixmap command not found

Introduction

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

pixmap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pixmap: command not found

Solutions to pixmap: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pixmap is provided by pixmap package.

pixmap is:

Pixmap is a tool for creating or editing rectangular images made up of colored pixels, i.e., pixmaps. Pixmaps are intensively used in X to define window backgrounds, icon images, etc. These are for example used as icons on the desktop or in the Debian menu.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pixmap

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

You can also use apt command to install pixmap.

sudo apt -y install pixmap

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

sudo aptitude install pixmap

Summary

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