plank command not found

Introduction

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

plank: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: plank: command not found

Solutions to plank: command not found

How To Fix plank: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu plank is provided by plank package.

plank is:

Plank is a dock enabling you to start applications and manage your windows.

Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features.

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

sudo apt-get -y install plank

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

You can also use apt command to install plank.

sudo apt -y install plank

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

sudo aptitude install plank

Summary

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