matchbox-desktop command not found

Introduction

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

matchbox-desktop: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: matchbox-desktop: command not found

Solutions to matchbox-desktop: command not found

How To Fix matchbox-desktop: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu matchbox-desktop is provided by matchbox-desktop package.

matchbox-desktop is:

matchbox-desktop uses the desktop background to provide an application launcher. It reads the standard desktop entry specification files also used by GNOME and KDE to discover the applications available on the system.

matchbox-desktop allows modules to be loaded for additional functionality. This package includes modules for a task switcher and simple file browser.

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

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

sudo apt-get -y install matchbox-desktop

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

You can also use apt command to install matchbox-desktop.

sudo apt -y install matchbox-desktop

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

sudo aptitude install matchbox-desktop

Summary

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