xfce4-settings-editor command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xfce4-settings-editor command not found error message

Introduction

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

xfce4-settings-editor: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfce4-settings-editor: command not found

Solutions to xfce4-settings-editor: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xfce4-settings-editor is provided by xfce4-settings package.

xfce4-settings is:

xfce4-settings is the Xfce settings manager front-end. It comes with several different components for configuring application-independent settings inside xfconf. It contains multiple tools:

  • xfce4-settings-manager (which replaces the old mcs settings manager), which executes the various (provided) settings dialogs
  • xfce4-settings-editor, a tool for editing ALL settings within xfconf, the graphical counterpart of xfconf-query.
  • xfsettingsd, a daemon for exporting XSettings to applications, and providing special features like keyboard shortcuts, AccessX notification and update of keyboard and mouse-pointer data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-settings

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

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

sudo apt -y install xfce4-settings

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

sudo aptitude install xfce4-settings

Summary

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