matchbox-session command not found

Introduction

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

matchbox-session: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: matchbox-session: command not found

Solutions to matchbox-session: command not found

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

In Ubuntu matchbox-session is provided by matchbox-common package.

matchbox-common is:

This package contains files used by several Matchbox Project applications.

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-common

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

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

sudo apt -y install matchbox-common

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

sudo aptitude install matchbox-common

Summary

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