xsettingsd command not found

Introduction

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

xsettingsd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xsettingsd: command not found

Solutions to xsettingsd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xsettingsd is provided by xsettingsd package.

xsettingsd is:

xsettingsd is a daemon that implements the XSETTINGS specification. It is intended to be small, fast, and minimally dependent on other libraries. It can serve as an alternative to gnome-settings-daemon for users who are not using the GNOME desktop environment but who still run GTK+ applications and want to configure things such as themes, font antialiasing/hinting, and UI sound effects.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xsettingsd

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

You can also use apt command to install xsettingsd.

sudo apt -y install xsettingsd

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

sudo aptitude install xsettingsd

Summary

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