classicmenu-indicator command not found

Introduction

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

classicmenu-indicator: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: classicmenu-indicator: command not found

Solutions to classicmenu-indicator: command not found

How To Fix classicmenu-indicator: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu classicmenu-indicator is provided by classicmenu-indicator package.

classicmenu-indicator is:

ClassicMenu Indicator is a notification area applet (application indicator) for the top panel of Ubuntu’s Unity desktop environment and other environments that support the AppIndicator protocol.

It provides a simple way to get a GNOME Classic-style application menu for those who prefer this over the Unity dash menu.

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

sudo apt-get -y install classicmenu-indicator

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

You can also use apt command to install classicmenu-indicator.

sudo apt -y install classicmenu-indicator

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

sudo aptitude install classicmenu-indicator

Summary

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