nautilus-autorun-software command not found

Introduction

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

nautilus-autorun-software: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: nautilus-autorun-software: command not found

Solutions to nautilus-autorun-software: command not found

How To Fix nautilus-autorun-software: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu nautilus-autorun-software is provided by nautilus package.

nautilus is:

Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. It allows one to browse directories, preview files and launch applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons on the GNOME desktop. It works on local and remote filesystems.

Several icon themes and components for viewing different kinds of files are available in separate packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nautilus

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

You can also use apt command to install nautilus.

sudo apt -y install nautilus

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

sudo aptitude install nautilus

Summary

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