yad command not found

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

Introduction

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

yad: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: yad: command not found

In Ubuntu yad is provided by yad package.

yad is:

Yad allows you to display GTK+ dialog boxes from command line or shell scripts. It is similar to Zenity but with more dialog types and options.

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

sudo apt-get -y install yad

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

You can also use apt command to install yad.

sudo apt -y install yad

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

sudo aptitude install yad

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