kshutdown command not found

Introduction

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

kshutdown: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kshutdown: command not found

Solutions to kshutdown: command not found

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

In Ubuntu kshutdown is provided by kshutdown package.

kshutdown is:

It has 4 main commands:

• Shut Down (logout and halt the system),
• Reboot (logout and reboot the system),
• Lock Screen (lock the screen using a screen saver),
• Logout (end the session and logout the user).

It features time and delay options, command line support, wizard, and sounds.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kshutdown

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

You can also use apt command to install kshutdown.

sudo apt -y install kshutdown

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

sudo aptitude install kshutdown

Summary

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