wmbiff command not found

Introduction

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

wmbiff: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wmbiff: command not found

Solutions to wmbiff: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wmbiff is provided by wmbiff package.

wmbiff is:

WMBiff is an WindowMaker docking utility, that displays the number of read and unread messages in (usually) five mailboxes. You can also define actions to execute on new mail arrival (for example, play a sound file), [auto]fetchmail from a remote server, execute your mail reader with a mouse click, or list subject lines from unread messages.

At this moment, wmbiff supports unix-style, maildir, pop3, APOP, IMAP and IMAPS mailboxes.

It also includes scripts to perform miscellaneous tasks. At the moment, these include a checker for Debian security updates.

wmbiff is similar to the wmmaiload package, but features an LED-style appearance, IMAPS support, and other minor differences.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmbiff

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

You can also use apt command to install wmbiff.

sudo apt -y install wmbiff

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

sudo aptitude install wmbiff

Summary

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