xfconf-query command not found

Introduction

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

xfconf-query: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xfconf-query: command not found

Solutions to xfconf-query: command not found

How To Fix xfconf-query: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xfconf-query is provided by xfconf package.

xfconf is:

xfconf contains xfconfd and xfconf-query.

• xfconfd handles the Xfce settings storage
• xfconf-query enables users to tune settings from command line

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfconf

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

You can also use apt command to install xfconf.

sudo apt -y install xfconf

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

sudo aptitude install xfconf

Summary

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