xfce4-dict command not found

Introduction

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

xfce4-dict: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfce4-dict: command not found

Solutions to xfce4-dict: command not found

How To Fix xfce4-dict: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xfce4-dict is provided by xfce4-dict package.

xfce4-dict is:

This program allows you to search different kinds of dictionary services for words or phrases and shows you the result. Currently you can query a Dict server (RFC 2229), any online dictionary service by opening a web browser or search for words using the aspell/ispell program.

xfce4-dict contains a stand-alone application called “xfce4-dict” and a panel plugin for the Xfce panel.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-dict

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

You can also use apt command to install xfce4-dict.

sudo apt -y install xfce4-dict

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

sudo aptitude install xfce4-dict

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xfce4-dict command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.