wmbutton command not found

Introduction

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

wmbutton: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wmbutton: command not found

Solutions to wmbutton: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wmbutton is provided by wmbutton package.

wmbutton is:

Wmbutton displays nine buttons which can be configured through a config file. Each button can be assigned up to three commands (one per mouse button). It is intended as a dockapp for X window managers such as Window Maker (wmaker package), AfterStep, BlackBox, and Enlightenment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmbutton

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

You can also use apt command to install wmbutton.

sudo apt -y install wmbutton

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

sudo aptitude install wmbutton

Summary

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