kmimetypefinder5 command not found

Introduction

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

kmimetypefinder5: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kmimetypefinder5: command not found

Solutions to kmimetypefinder5: command not found

How To Fix kmimetypefinder5: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu kmimetypefinder5 is provided by kde-cli-tools package.

kde-cli-tools is:

These command line tools enable you to use KDE services such as kioslaves, kdesu, QtSVG, kcontrol modules, KDE trader and start applications from the command line.

This package is part of the KDE Plasma.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kde-cli-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install kde-cli-tools.

sudo apt -y install kde-cli-tools

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

sudo aptitude install kde-cli-tools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix kmimetypefinder5 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.