mb-applet-battery command not found

Introduction

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

mb-applet-battery: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mb-applet-battery: command not found

Solutions to mb-applet-battery: command not found

How To Fix mb-applet-battery: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mb-applet-battery is provided by matchbox-panel package.

matchbox-panel is:

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.

This package contains the Matchbox desktop panel.

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

sudo apt-get -y install matchbox-panel

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

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

sudo apt -y install matchbox-panel

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

sudo aptitude install matchbox-panel

Summary

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