gnome-shell-extension-prefs command not found

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

Introduction

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

gnome-shell-extension-prefs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-shell-extension-prefs: command not found

In Ubuntu gnome-shell-extension-prefs is provided by gnome-shell-extension-prefs package.

gnome-shell-extension-prefs is:

This package contains a tool which users who use Shell extensions can use to toggle them on and off, and access their preferences.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-prefs

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

You can also use apt command to install gnome-shell-extension-prefs.

sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-prefs

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-shell-extension-prefs

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