smb4k command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix smb4k command not found error message

Introduction

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

smb4k: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: smb4k: command not found

Solutions to smb4k: command not found

How To Fix smb4k: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu smb4k is provided by smb4k package.

smb4k is:

Smb4K is an advanced network neighborhood browser. It uses the Samba software suite to access the shares of the local network neighborhood. Its purpose is to provide a program that’s easy to use and has as many features as possible.

Features:

  • Scanning for (active) workgroups, hosts, and shares
  • Support of the CIFS (Linux) and SMBFS (FreeBSD) file system
  • Mounting and unmounting of shares
  • Access to the files of a mounted share using a file manager or terminal
  • Auto-detection of external mounts and unmounts
  • Remounting of previously used shares on program start
  • Miscellaneous infos about remote network items and mounted shares
  • Network search
  • WINS server support
  • Preview of the contents of a share
  • Several methods to look up the initial list of workgroups and domains
  • Default login
  • Special handling of homes shares
  • Ability to bookmark favorite shares and organizing them in groups
  • Support of advanced Samba options
  • Support of printer shares
  • KWallet support
  • Synchronization of a remote share with a local copy and vice versa
  • Ability to define custom options for individual servers and shares
  • Laptop support through the Solid hardware device framework

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

sudo apt-get -y install smb4k

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

You can also use apt command to install smb4k.

sudo apt -y install smb4k

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

sudo aptitude install smb4k

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix smb4k command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.