ginsttest-runner command not found

Introduction

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

ginsttest-runner: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ginsttest-runner: command not found

Solutions to ginsttest-runner: command not found

How To Fix ginsttest-runner: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ginsttest-runner is provided by gnome-desktop-testing package.

gnome-desktop-testing is:

The GNOME desktop testing runner provides an execution harness for GNOME installed tests.

These tests are useful for verifying the functionality of software as installed and packaged, and complement rather than replace build-time (‘make check’) tests. For example you may wish to run the installed tests from a DEP-8 autopkgtest testsuite as a form of regression testing.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-desktop-testing

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

You can also use apt command to install gnome-desktop-testing.

sudo apt -y install gnome-desktop-testing

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-desktop-testing

Summary

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