gnome-terminal command not found

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

Introduction

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

gnome-terminal: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-terminal: command not found

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

gnome-terminal is:

GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulation application that you can use to perform the following actions:

Access a UNIX shell in the GNOME environment.
Run any application that is designed to run on VT102, VT220, and xterm terminals.

GNOME Terminal features the ability to use multiple terminals in a single window (tabs) and profiles support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-terminal

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

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-terminal

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-terminal

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