mate-menu command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mate-menu command not found error message

Introduction

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

mate-menu: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mate-menu: command not found

In Ubuntu mate-menu is provided by mate-menu package.

mate-menu is:

An advanced menu for MATE. Supports filtering, favorites, easy-uninstallation, autosession, and many other features.

This menu originated in the Linux Mint distribution and has been ported to other distros that ship the MATE Desktop Environment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mate-menu

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

You can also use apt command to install mate-menu.

sudo apt -y install mate-menu

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

sudo aptitude install mate-menu

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