efreetd command not found

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

Introduction

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

efreetd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: efreetd: command not found

Solutions to efreetd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu efreetd is provided by libefreet-bin package.

libefreet-bin is:

Efreet is a library designed to help apps work several of the Freedesktop.org standards regarding Icons, Desktop files and Menus. To that end it implements the following specifications:

  • XDG Base Directory Specification
  • Icon Theme Specification
  • Desktop Entry Specification
  • Desktop Menu Specification
  • FDO URI Specification
  • Shared Mime Info Specification
  • Trash Specification

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

This package provides the D-Bus activated helper binary and the associated service file that are internally used by libefreet.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libefreet-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install libefreet-bin.

sudo apt -y install libefreet-bin

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

sudo aptitude install libefreet-bin

Summary

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