dump_xsettings command not found

Introduction

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

dump_xsettings: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dump_xsettings: command not found

Solutions to dump_xsettings: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dump_xsettings 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 dump_xsettings command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.