gnome-characters command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gnome-characters command not found error message

Introduction

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

gnome-characters: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-characters: command not found

In Ubuntu gnome-characters is provided by gnome-characters package.

gnome-characters is:

Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-characters

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

You can also use apt command to install gnome-characters.

sudo apt -y install gnome-characters

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-characters

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