sensible-browser command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix sensible-browser command not found error message

Introduction

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

sensible-browser: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sensible-browser: command not found

Solutions to sensible-browser: command not found

How To Fix sensible-browser: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu sensible-browser is provided by sensible-utils package.

sensible-utils is:

This package provides a number of small utilities which are used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser, editor, or pager.

The specific utilities included are: sensible-browser sensible-editor sensible-pager

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

sudo apt-get -y install sensible-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install sensible-utils.

sudo apt -y install sensible-utils

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

sudo aptitude install sensible-utils

Summary

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