spectacle command not found

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

Introduction

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

spectacle: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: spectacle: command not found

In Ubuntu spectacle is provided by kde-spectacle package.

kde-spectacle is:

Spectacle captures images of the screen. It can capture the whole screen, a specified region, an individual window, or only part of a window.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kde-spectacle

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

You can also use apt command to install kde-spectacle.

sudo apt -y install kde-spectacle

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

sudo aptitude install kde-spectacle

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