xfrun4 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xfrun4 command not found error message

Introduction

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

xfrun4: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfrun4: command not found

Solutions to xfrun4: command not found

How To Fix xfrun4: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xfrun4 is provided by xfce4-appfinder package.

xfce4-appfinder is:

This is an application finder for the Xfce4 desktop environment. It will search for installed applications on your system. It can also be used to browse installed applications by category, run them or edit their launchers.

xfce4-appfinder can also be used with a shortcut command to quickly run applications, and also supports custom prefixes to execute custom commands on provided paramers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-appfinder

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

You can also use apt command to install xfce4-appfinder.

sudo apt -y install xfce4-appfinder

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

sudo aptitude install xfce4-appfinder

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xfrun4 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.