kcminit_startup command not found

Introduction

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

kcminit_startup: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kcminit_startup: command not found

Solutions to kcminit_startup: command not found

How To Fix kcminit_startup: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu kcminit_startup is provided by plasma-workspace package.

plasma-workspace is:

Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.

THIS WILL REMOVE YOUR KDE Plasma 4.

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

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-workspace

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

You can also use apt command to install plasma-workspace.

sudo apt -y install plasma-workspace

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

sudo aptitude install plasma-workspace

Summary

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