caja-sendto command not found

Introduction

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

caja-sendto: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: caja-sendto: command not found

Solutions to caja-sendto: command not found

How To Fix caja-sendto: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu caja-sendto is provided by caja-sendto package.

caja-sendto is:

Caja is the official file manager for the MATE desktop. This package adds extended functionality to the Caja file manager.

The Caja Send To extension provides the Caja file manager with a context menu component for quickly sending files to given email addresses, contacts on a Pidgin or Gajim instant messaging list, through Thunderbird/Icedove, or through Claws Mail.

Caja Send To also provides the option of compressing the files (tar.bz2, tar.gz, or zip) before sending.

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

sudo apt-get -y install caja-sendto

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

You can also use apt command to install caja-sendto.

sudo apt -y install caja-sendto

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

sudo aptitude install caja-sendto

Summary

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