xfdashboard command not found

Introduction

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

xfdashboard: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfdashboard: command not found

Solutions to xfdashboard: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xfdashboard is provided by xfdashboard package.

xfdashboard is:

xfdashboard provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce’s appfinder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfdashboard

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

You can also use apt command to install xfdashboard.

sudo apt -y install xfdashboard

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

sudo aptitude install xfdashboard

Summary

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