xfce4-taskmanager command not found

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

Introduction

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

xfce4-taskmanager: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfce4-taskmanager: command not found

Solutions to xfce4-taskmanager: command not found

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

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

xfce4-taskmanager is:

A GUI application for monitoring and controlling running processes, written for Xfce. Its features include:

  • support for Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and OpenSolaris
  • monitors the CPU and memory usage
  • tree view columns can be reordered
  • display window icons/names.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-taskmanager

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

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

sudo apt -y install xfce4-taskmanager

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

sudo aptitude install xfce4-taskmanager

Summary

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