kdeinit5_shutdown command not found

Introduction

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

kdeinit5_shutdown: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kdeinit5_shutdown: command not found

Solutions to kdeinit5_shutdown: command not found

How To Fix kdeinit5_shutdown: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu kdeinit5_shutdown is provided by kinit package.

kinit is:

kdeinit is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init used for booting UNIX.

It launches processes by forking and then loading a dynamic library which should contain a ‘kdemain(…)’ function.

Using kdeinit to launch KDE applications makes starting a typical KDE applications 2.5 times faster (100ms instead of 250ms on a P-III 500) It reduces memory consumption by approx. 350Kb per application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kinit

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

You can also use apt command to install kinit.

sudo apt -y install kinit

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

sudo aptitude install kinit

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix kdeinit5_shutdown command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.