nitrogen: command not found

Have You tried accessing the binary with the full path?

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/nitrogen - from package: nitrogen

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}
Error in other languages:
nitrogen: bevel nie gevind nie
nitrogen: comandă negăsită
nitrogen: comando não encontrado
nitrogen: commande introuvable
nitrogen: command not found
nitrogen: käsku ei ole
nitrogen: không tìm thấy lệnh
nitrogen: komanda nerasta
nitrogen: Kommando nicht gefunden.
nitrogen: kommandot finns inte
nitrogen: komut yok
nitrogen: nie znaleziono polecenia
nitrogen: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
nitrogen: no se encontró la orden
nitrogen: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
nitrogen: opdracht niet gevonden
nitrogen: parancs nem található
nitrogen: perintah tidak ditemukan
nitrogen: príkaz nenájdený
nitrogen: příkaz nenalezen
nitrogen: команда не найдена
nitrogen: командата не е открита
nitrogen: 命令找不到
nitrogen: コマンドが見つかりません