lxsession-logout command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix lxsession-logout command not found error message

Introduction

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

lxsession-logout: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lxsession-logout: command not found

In Ubuntu lxsession-logout is provided by lxsession-logout package.

lxsession-logout is:

LXSession is the default session manager for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

LXSession-Logout is a simple utility for stopping or logging out from a LXDE or an Openbox session.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxsession-logout

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

You can also use apt command to install lxsession-logout.

sudo apt -y install lxsession-logout

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

sudo aptitude install lxsession-logout

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