gnome-paint command not found

Introduction

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

gnome-paint: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-paint: command not found

Solutions to gnome-paint: command not found

How To Fix gnome-paint: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

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

gnome-paint is:

gnome-paint is a program inspired by MS Paint and designed for GNOME (and maybe other) desktop environment. It could be used to manipulate images in a very simple way. With a very friendly user interface, gnome-paint is easy to get started for new users.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-paint

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

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-paint

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-paint

Summary

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