unclutter-classic command not found

Introduction

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

unclutter-classic: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: unclutter-classic: command not found

Solutions to unclutter-classic: command not found

How To Fix unclutter-classic: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu unclutter-classic is provided by unclutter package.

unclutter is:

unclutter hides your X mouse cursor when you don’t need it, to prevent it from getting in the way. You have only to move the mouse to restore the mouse cursor.

This is the original unclutter implementation from the 90s which works well with classic X11 programs. For a more modern implementation which works better with some more modern applications and UI libraries, see unclutter-xfixes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install unclutter

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

You can also use apt command to install unclutter.

sudo apt -y install unclutter

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

sudo aptitude install unclutter

Summary

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