solid-action-desktop-gen command not found

Introduction

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

solid-action-desktop-gen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: solid-action-desktop-gen: command not found

Solutions to solid-action-desktop-gen: command not found

How To Fix solid-action-desktop-gen: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu solid-action-desktop-gen is provided by plasma-desktop package.

plasma-desktop is:

Plasma Desktop offers a beautiful looking desktop that takes complete advantage of modern computing technology. Through the use of visual effects and scalable graphics, the desktop experience is not only smooth but also pleasant to the eye. The looks of Plasma Desktop not only provide beauty, they are also used to support and improve your computer activities effectively, without being distracting.

This package is part of the KDE Plasma.

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

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-desktop

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

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

sudo apt -y install plasma-desktop

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

sudo aptitude install plasma-desktop

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix solid-action-desktop-gen command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.