seafile-applet command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix seafile-applet command not found error message

Introduction

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

seafile-applet: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: seafile-applet: command not found

Solutions to seafile-applet: command not found

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

In Ubuntu seafile-applet is provided by seafile-gui package.

seafile-gui is:

Seafile is a file syncing and sharing software with file encryption and group sharing, emphasis on reliability and high performance.

Seafile is an open source cloud storage system with privacy protection and teamwork features. Collections of files are called libraries. Each library can be synced separately. A library can also be encrypted with a user chosen password. Seafile also allows users to create groups and easily sharing files into groups.

This package contains the graphical Desktop Client for Seafile.

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

sudo apt-get -y install seafile-gui

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

You can also use apt command to install seafile-gui.

sudo apt -y install seafile-gui

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

sudo aptitude install seafile-gui

Summary

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