gnome-screenshot command not found

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

Introduction

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

gnome-screenshot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-screenshot: command not found

In Ubuntu gnome-screenshot is provided by gnome-screenshot package.

gnome-screenshot is:

This tool takes a picture of the desktop or of a window and saves it into a file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-screenshot

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

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-screenshot

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-screenshot

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