wmmenugen command not found

Introduction

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

wmmenugen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wmmenugen: command not found

Solutions to wmmenugen: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wmmenugen is provided by wmaker package.

wmaker is:

Written by Alfredo Kojima almost from scratch, resembles the NeXTStep look very closely, and it is now an official GNU project. Window Maker (originally named WindowMaker) is not overloaded with features, and it is easier to configure than most other window managers. Its final goal is to produce a window manager that doesn’t require editing of configuration files. Window Maker is fast and doesn’t require tons of memory to run.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmaker

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

You can also use apt command to install wmaker.

sudo apt -y install wmaker

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

sudo aptitude install wmaker

Summary

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