gnome-flashback command not found

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

Introduction

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

gnome-flashback: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-flashback: command not found

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

gnome-flashback is:

GNOME Flashback continues the traditional desktop interface which was used in GNOME 2.x, but using modern GNOME technologies.

This package provides a helper application for the GNOME Flashback desktop session. This application:

provides the Logout, Reboot and Shutdown dialogs;
provides the Sound, Bluetooth and Power tray applets;
implements screenshot and screencast functionality;
implements input source switching functionality;
draws desktop background and icons;
implements other functionality which was previously handled by gnome-settings-daemon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-flashback

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

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-flashback

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-flashback

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