How to configure Terminal Emulator on Alpine Linux?

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I am using XFCE and when I clicked on Terminal Emulator its ask you to put what program to execute. I wrote "terminal" and now it shows this message:

"Failed to execute child process "terminal" (no such file or directory).

I know that I incorrectly typed "terminal" but I don't know how to fix it.

May you please provide screen shots of the messages you are seeing in your question? — Gordster, Oct 01 '19 at 18:21
That's the problem. Where would I type "bash" if I cannot open Terminal? — Rodrigo Camargos, Oct 01 '19 at 18:47
In the question you mention typing the word "terminal". I meant to type it in that location. Can you use the gui to figure out where the terminal program is installed? Mine is at /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator and another is at/usr/bin/gnome-terminal. You most likely have to specify the full path — Gordster, Oct 01 '19 at 18:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '19 at 21:41

You would have to specify what to run when you click on Terminal Emulator. This would be the shell, most likely /usr/bin/x-session-terminal. Type that or use /usr/bin/gnome-terminal rather than using the actual keyword "Terminal" as there is no program that actually is named terminal to execute; "Terminal" is the icon name. The easiest way to find installed terminals is to look for them in your file viewer (Thunar) or to switch to a tty (Ctrl-Alt-F#) and use the whereis command.

Maybe you mean x-terminal-emulator? That's specific to Debian and its derivatives. — rakslice, Nov 02 '21 at 11:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to the second console
Login & password
apk add xfce4-terminal, reboot
Applications > Settings > Preferred Applications > Utilities

And set Terminal Emulator to XFCE Terminal.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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answered Oct 12 '19 at 15:59

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How to configure Terminal Emulator on Alpine Linux?

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