gnome-dictionary command not found

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

Introduction

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

gnome-dictionary: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-dictionary: command not found

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

gnome-dictionary is:

This program can look for the definition or translation of a word in existing databases over the Internet

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-dictionary

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

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-dictionary

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-dictionary

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