opener command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix opener command not found error message

Introduction

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

opener: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: opener: command not found

In Ubuntu opener is provided by node-opener package.

node-opener is:

That is, in your desktop environment. This will make actual windows pop up, with stuff in them:

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-opener

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

You can also use apt command to install node-opener.

sudo apt -y install node-opener

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

sudo aptitude install node-opener

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