mate-search-tool command not found

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

Introduction

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

mate-search-tool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mate-search-tool: command not found

In Ubuntu mate-search-tool is provided by mate-utils package.

mate-utils is:

This package contains all the tools bundled as MATE utilities:

mate-disk-usage-analyzer, a disk usage analyser
mate-dictionary, a program which can look up the definition of words over the internet (including a panel applet to do the same)
mate-search-tool, with which one can find files by name or content
mate-system-log, a log viewing application
mate-screenshot, a tool to take desktop screenshots and save them into a file

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

sudo apt-get -y install mate-utils

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

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

sudo apt -y install mate-utils

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

sudo aptitude install mate-utils

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