guake-indicator command not found

Introduction

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

guake-indicator: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: guake-indicator: command not found

Solutions to guake-indicator: command not found

How To Fix guake-indicator: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu guake-indicator is provided by guake-indicator package.

guake-indicator is:

Guake indicator lets you send custom commands through the D-Bus System. Commands can be manually edited in a XML file under ~/.guake.indicator or generated through guake-indicator edit-menu system GUI.

Guake-indicator sticks to your “System Tray” and displays your favorites commands retrieved from ~/.guake.indicator/guake-indicator.xml. If guake-indicator.xml does not exist, guake-indicator will create a default configuration file with some examples.

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

sudo apt-get -y install guake-indicator

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

You can also use apt command to install guake-indicator.

sudo apt -y install guake-indicator

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

sudo aptitude install guake-indicator

Summary

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