gpbs command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gpbs command not found error message

Introduction

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

gpbs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gpbs: command not found

Solutions to gpbs: command not found

How To Fix gpbs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gpbs is provided by gnustep-back-common package.

gnustep-back-common is:

It is a backend component for the GNUstep GUI Library. The implementation of the GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts. The first part is the front-end component which is independent of platform and display system. This front-end is combined with a back-end component which handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to the X Window System.

This package contains the common files needed by the GNUstep GUI Backend.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-back-common

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

You can also use apt command to install gnustep-back-common.

sudo apt -y install gnustep-back-common

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

sudo aptitude install gnustep-back-common

Summary

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