xsetbg command not found

Introduction

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

xsetbg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xsetbg: command not found

Solutions to xsetbg: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xsetbg is provided by xloadimage package.

xloadimage is:

Can view png, jpeg, gif, tiff, niff, sunraster, fbm, cmuraster, pbm, faces, rle, xwd, vff, mcidas, vicar, pcx, gem, macpaint, xpm and xbm files. Can view images, put them on the root window, or dump them. Does a variety of processing, including: clipping, dithering, depth reduction, zoom, brightening/darkening and merging.

Includes xsetbg, xview and uufilter.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xloadimage

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

You can also use apt command to install xloadimage.

sudo apt -y install xloadimage

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

sudo aptitude install xloadimage

Summary

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