update_wdm_wmlist command not found

Introduction

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

update_wdm_wmlist: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update_wdm_wmlist: command not found

Solutions to update_wdm_wmlist: command not found

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

In Ubuntu update_wdm_wmlist is provided by wdm package.

wdm is:

This is an xdm replacement based on the WINGs widget set. WINGs is the NeXT-like widget set used by WindowMaker and some other programs. wdm provides a nice and versatile login panel along with xdm functionality.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wdm

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

You can also use apt command to install wdm.

sudo apt -y install wdm

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

sudo aptitude install wdm

Summary

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