yabar command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix yabar command not found error message

Introduction

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

yabar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: yabar: command not found

In Ubuntu yabar is provided by yabar package.

yabar is:

Yabar is a modern and lightweight status bar that is intended to be used along with minimal X window managers like bspwm and i3.

Yabar has the following features:

Extremely configurable with easy configuration system using a single config file.
A growing set of ready-to-use internal blocks developed in plain C.
Pango font rendering with support of pango markup language.
Support for icons and images.
Support for transparency.
Multi-monitor support using RandR.
Entirely clickable.
Support for several environment variables to help button commands.
Multiple bars within the same session.

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

sudo apt-get -y install yabar

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

You can also use apt command to install yabar.

sudo apt -y install yabar

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

sudo aptitude install yabar

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