mate-open command not found

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

Introduction

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

mate-open: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mate-open: command not found

In Ubuntu mate-open is provided by ubuntu-mate-default-settings package.

ubuntu-mate-default-settings is:

Various system settings tailored for Ubuntu MATE.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-mate-default-settings

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

You can also use apt command to install ubuntu-mate-default-settings.

sudo apt -y install ubuntu-mate-default-settings

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

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-mate-default-settings

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