xcompmgr command not found

Introduction

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

xcompmgr: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xcompmgr: command not found

Solutions to xcompmgr: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xcompmgr is provided by xcompmgr package.

xcompmgr is:

xcompmgr is the standard composition manager for the X Composite extension, which allows clients to modify what is drawn to the screen before it happens. This composition manager implements shadows, fading, proper translucency, and more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xcompmgr

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

You can also use apt command to install xcompmgr.

sudo apt -y install xcompmgr

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

sudo aptitude install xcompmgr

Summary

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