gnome-menus-blacklist command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gnome-menus-blacklist command not found error message

Introduction

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

gnome-menus-blacklist: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-menus-blacklist: command not found

Solutions to gnome-menus-blacklist: command not found

How To Fix gnome-menus-blacklist: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gnome-menus-blacklist is provided by gnome-menus package.

gnome-menus is:

The package contains an implementation of the draft “Desktop Menu Specification” from freedesktop.org:

http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec

Also contained here are the GNOME menu layout configuration files, .directory files and assorted menu related utility programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-menus

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

You can also use apt command to install gnome-menus.

sudo apt -y install gnome-menus

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-menus

Summary

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