dconf command not found

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

Introduction

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

dconf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dconf: command not found

In Ubuntu dconf is provided by dconf-cli package.

dconf-cli is:

DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop environment settings.

This package contains the command line tools. Note that DConf is not connected with the older Debian package named dconf.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dconf-cli

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

You can also use apt command to install dconf-cli.

sudo apt -y install dconf-cli

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

sudo aptitude install dconf-cli

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