qdirstat-cache-writer command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix qdirstat-cache-writer command not found error message

Introduction

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

qdirstat-cache-writer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qdirstat-cache-writer: command not found

Solutions to qdirstat-cache-writer: command not found

How To Fix qdirstat-cache-writer: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu qdirstat-cache-writer is provided by qdirstat package.

qdirstat is:

QDirStat is a graphical application to show where your disk space has gone and to help you to clean it up.

QDirStat has a number of new features compared to KDirStat. To name a few:

  • Multi-selection in both the tree and the treemap.
  • Unlimited number of user-defined cleanup actions.
  • Properly show errors of cleanup actions (and their output, if desired).
  • File categories (MIME types) and their treemap color are now configurable.
  • Exclude rules for directories are easily configurable.
  • Desktop-agnostic; no longer relies on KDE or any other specific desktop.

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

sudo apt-get -y install qdirstat

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

You can also use apt command to install qdirstat.

sudo apt -y install qdirstat

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

sudo aptitude install qdirstat

Summary

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