What is the command to run System Settings from a terminal?

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System Settings can be run from the launcher (pinned by default), the Dash, or the power cog. But what command would I enter in a terminal window if I want to run it from there?

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System Settings can be run from the launcher (pinned by default), the Dash, or the power cog. But what command would I enter in a terminal window if I want to run it from there?

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System Settings can be run from the launcher (pinned by default), the Dash, or the power cog. But what command would I enter in a terminal window if I want to run it from there?

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System Settings can be run from the launcher (pinned by default), the Dash, or the power cog. But what command would I enter in a terminal window if I want to run it from there?

command-line

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For versions between 14.04 and 17.04 :

unity-control-center

For versions before 14.04 & 17.10 and greater :

gnome-control-center

edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

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FYI, on my Ubuntu 14.04 only gnome-control-center works.
– dr01
Dec 17 '15 at 14:00

@dr01 I assume you are running the Gnome DE and not Unity DE then.
– Elder Geek
Jul 17 at 15:22

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if you run

gnome-control-center

and get

gnome-control-center: command not found

you can install with

sudo apt-get install gnome-control-center

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

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14.04 and greater may use the command unity-control-center instead, which was forked from it. There's no need to install gnome-control-center as well.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
Jul 2 '14 at 16:18

@WarriorIng64 cool, thanks. This was meant to help those following the accepted post that had trouble with gnome-control-center (as I did). Not sure why this post received a down vote.
– grant
Jul 7 '14 at 16:55

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In Crouton, you must run anything that would require a password from the terminal, such as update manager, software center, synaptic, etc. So, to get to system settings you would enter in the terminal:

sudo gnome-control-center

That will bring up the system settings GUI.

To check for updates, or if the update manager appears in the Unity Launcher, run it from the terminal, not by clicking on it:

sudo update-manager

The same applies to synaptic, the software center, etc. Anything which requires a password, must be run from the terminal in Crouton with a sudo.

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

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answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

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AFAIK GNOME Control Center does not need sudo permissions to run. Also, using sudo to run GUI apps is potentially a bad idea.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
May 19 '14 at 23:34

2

Yeah well I ran it without sudo and only three of the setting icons showed up. I ran it with sudo and all the setting icons showed up. What does that tell you?!
– Sukima
Mar 5 at 17:52

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I found a different solution...

I tried removing/installing gnome-control-center; this did reinstall the application I still couldn't open it.

Later I found that it would start up on the side of the screen and I couldn't access it

I changed the display mode to single display and it came back. Hope it helps.

edited Nov 23 at 19:09

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for folks stuck like me on lubuntu to change the default disaply settings - lxrandr is the command to adjust display settings.

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accepted

For versions between 14.04 and 17.04 :

unity-control-center

For versions before 14.04 & 17.10 and greater :

gnome-control-center

edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

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FYI, on my Ubuntu 14.04 only gnome-control-center works.
– dr01
Dec 17 '15 at 14:00

@dr01 I assume you are running the Gnome DE and not Unity DE then.
– Elder Geek
Jul 17 at 15:22

add a comment |

up vote
187
down vote

accepted

For versions between 14.04 and 17.04 :

unity-control-center

For versions before 14.04 & 17.10 and greater :

gnome-control-center

edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

2,93311215

FYI, on my Ubuntu 14.04 only gnome-control-center works.
– dr01
Dec 17 '15 at 14:00

@dr01 I assume you are running the Gnome DE and not Unity DE then.
– Elder Geek
Jul 17 at 15:22

add a comment |

up vote
187
down vote

accepted

For versions between 14.04 and 17.04 :

unity-control-center

For versions before 14.04 & 17.10 and greater :

gnome-control-center

edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

27.2k1184111

answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

2,93311215

For versions between 14.04 and 17.04 :

unity-control-center

For versions before 14.04 & 17.10 and greater :

gnome-control-center

edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

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edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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edited Nov 10 '17 at 17:34

pomsky

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answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

2,93311215

answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

2,93311215

answered Mar 28 '12 at 8:07

Vibhav Pant

2,93311215

FYI, on my Ubuntu 14.04 only gnome-control-center works.
– dr01
Dec 17 '15 at 14:00

@dr01 I assume you are running the Gnome DE and not Unity DE then.
– Elder Geek
Jul 17 at 15:22

add a comment |

FYI, on my Ubuntu 14.04 only gnome-control-center works.
– dr01
Dec 17 '15 at 14:00

@dr01 I assume you are running the Gnome DE and not Unity DE then.
– Elder Geek
Jul 17 at 15:22

FYI, on my Ubuntu 14.04 only gnome-control-center works.
– dr01
Dec 17 '15 at 14:00

@dr01 I assume you are running the Gnome DE and not Unity DE then.
– Elder Geek
Jul 17 at 15:22

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up vote
11
down vote

if you run

gnome-control-center

and get

gnome-control-center: command not found

you can install with

sudo apt-get install gnome-control-center

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

2

14.04 and greater may use the command unity-control-center instead, which was forked from it. There's no need to install gnome-control-center as well.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
Jul 2 '14 at 16:18

@WarriorIng64 cool, thanks. This was meant to help those following the accepted post that had trouble with gnome-control-center (as I did). Not sure why this post received a down vote.
– grant
Jul 7 '14 at 16:55

add a comment |

up vote
11
down vote

if you run

gnome-control-center

and get

gnome-control-center: command not found

you can install with

sudo apt-get install gnome-control-center

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

2

14.04 and greater may use the command unity-control-center instead, which was forked from it. There's no need to install gnome-control-center as well.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
Jul 2 '14 at 16:18

@WarriorIng64 cool, thanks. This was meant to help those following the accepted post that had trouble with gnome-control-center (as I did). Not sure why this post received a down vote.
– grant
Jul 7 '14 at 16:55

add a comment |

up vote
11
down vote

if you run

gnome-control-center

and get

gnome-control-center: command not found

you can install with

sudo apt-get install gnome-control-center

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

if you run

gnome-control-center

and get

gnome-control-center: command not found

you can install with

sudo apt-get install gnome-control-center

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

answered Aug 29 '13 at 15:46

grant

24224

2

14.04 and greater may use the command unity-control-center instead, which was forked from it. There's no need to install gnome-control-center as well.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
Jul 2 '14 at 16:18

@WarriorIng64 cool, thanks. This was meant to help those following the accepted post that had trouble with gnome-control-center (as I did). Not sure why this post received a down vote.
– grant
Jul 7 '14 at 16:55

add a comment |

2

14.04 and greater may use the command unity-control-center instead, which was forked from it. There's no need to install gnome-control-center as well.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
Jul 2 '14 at 16:18

@WarriorIng64 cool, thanks. This was meant to help those following the accepted post that had trouble with gnome-control-center (as I did). Not sure why this post received a down vote.
– grant
Jul 7 '14 at 16:55

14.04 and greater may use the command unity-control-center instead, which was forked from it. There's no need to install gnome-control-center as well.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
Jul 2 '14 at 16:18

@WarriorIng64 cool, thanks. This was meant to help those following the accepted post that had trouble with gnome-control-center (as I did). Not sure why this post received a down vote.
– grant
Jul 7 '14 at 16:55

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

sudo gnome-control-center

That will bring up the system settings GUI.

To check for updates, or if the update manager appears in the Unity Launcher, run it from the terminal, not by clicking on it:

sudo update-manager

The same applies to synaptic, the software center, etc. Anything which requires a password, must be run from the terminal in Crouton with a sudo.

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

4

AFAIK GNOME Control Center does not need sudo permissions to run. Also, using sudo to run GUI apps is potentially a bad idea.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
May 19 '14 at 23:34

2

Yeah well I ran it without sudo and only three of the setting icons showed up. I ran it with sudo and all the setting icons showed up. What does that tell you?!
– Sukima
Mar 5 at 17:52

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

sudo gnome-control-center

That will bring up the system settings GUI.

To check for updates, or if the update manager appears in the Unity Launcher, run it from the terminal, not by clicking on it:

sudo update-manager

The same applies to synaptic, the software center, etc. Anything which requires a password, must be run from the terminal in Crouton with a sudo.

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

4

AFAIK GNOME Control Center does not need sudo permissions to run. Also, using sudo to run GUI apps is potentially a bad idea.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
May 19 '14 at 23:34

2

Yeah well I ran it without sudo and only three of the setting icons showed up. I ran it with sudo and all the setting icons showed up. What does that tell you?!
– Sukima
Mar 5 at 17:52

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

sudo gnome-control-center

That will bring up the system settings GUI.

To check for updates, or if the update manager appears in the Unity Launcher, run it from the terminal, not by clicking on it:

sudo update-manager

The same applies to synaptic, the software center, etc. Anything which requires a password, must be run from the terminal in Crouton with a sudo.

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

sudo gnome-control-center

That will bring up the system settings GUI.

To check for updates, or if the update manager appears in the Unity Launcher, run it from the terminal, not by clicking on it:

sudo update-manager

The same applies to synaptic, the software center, etc. Anything which requires a password, must be run from the terminal in Crouton with a sudo.

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

edited May 19 '14 at 23:30

Christopher Kyle Horton

10.3k1269141

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

answered May 18 '14 at 19:01

Tractor

9617

4

AFAIK GNOME Control Center does not need sudo permissions to run. Also, using sudo to run GUI apps is potentially a bad idea.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
May 19 '14 at 23:34

2

Yeah well I ran it without sudo and only three of the setting icons showed up. I ran it with sudo and all the setting icons showed up. What does that tell you?!
– Sukima
Mar 5 at 17:52

add a comment |

4

AFAIK GNOME Control Center does not need sudo permissions to run. Also, using sudo to run GUI apps is potentially a bad idea.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
May 19 '14 at 23:34

2

Yeah well I ran it without sudo and only three of the setting icons showed up. I ran it with sudo and all the setting icons showed up. What does that tell you?!
– Sukima
Mar 5 at 17:52

AFAIK GNOME Control Center does not need sudo permissions to run. Also, using sudo to run GUI apps is potentially a bad idea.
– Christopher Kyle Horton
May 19 '14 at 23:34

Yeah well I ran it without sudo and only three of the setting icons showed up. I ran it with sudo and all the setting icons showed up. What does that tell you?!
– Sukima
Mar 5 at 17:52

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

I found a different solution...

I tried removing/installing gnome-control-center; this did reinstall the application I still couldn't open it.

Later I found that it would start up on the side of the screen and I couldn't access it

I changed the display mode to single display and it came back. Hope it helps.

edited Nov 23 at 19:09

Zanna

49.1k13123234

answered Nov 23 at 17:54

Jaison

211

New contributor

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up vote
2
down vote

I found a different solution...

I tried removing/installing gnome-control-center; this did reinstall the application I still couldn't open it.

Later I found that it would start up on the side of the screen and I couldn't access it

I changed the display mode to single display and it came back. Hope it helps.

edited Nov 23 at 19:09

Zanna

49.1k13123234

answered Nov 23 at 17:54

Jaison

211

New contributor

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

I found a different solution...

I tried removing/installing gnome-control-center; this did reinstall the application I still couldn't open it.

Later I found that it would start up on the side of the screen and I couldn't access it

I changed the display mode to single display and it came back. Hope it helps.

edited Nov 23 at 19:09

Zanna

49.1k13123234

answered Nov 23 at 17:54

Jaison

211

New contributor

I found a different solution...

I tried removing/installing gnome-control-center; this did reinstall the application I still couldn't open it.

Later I found that it would start up on the side of the screen and I couldn't access it

I changed the display mode to single display and it came back. Hope it helps.

edited Nov 23 at 19:09

Zanna

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answered Nov 23 at 17:54

Jaison

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for folks stuck like me on lubuntu to change the default disaply settings - lxrandr is the command to adjust display settings.

answered Oct 15 at 6:12

Anand Rockzz

1601211

add a comment |

up vote
1
down vote

for folks stuck like me on lubuntu to change the default disaply settings - lxrandr is the command to adjust display settings.

answered Oct 15 at 6:12

Anand Rockzz

1601211

add a comment |

up vote
1
down vote

for folks stuck like me on lubuntu to change the default disaply settings - lxrandr is the command to adjust display settings.

answered Oct 15 at 6:12

Anand Rockzz

1601211

for folks stuck like me on lubuntu to change the default disaply settings - lxrandr is the command to adjust display settings.

answered Oct 15 at 6:12

Anand Rockzz

1601211

answered Oct 15 at 6:12

Anand Rockzz

1601211

answered Oct 15 at 6:12

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