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

I often see this error when I use Debian + Openbox.

It always happens when I click a program without GUI from the openbox menu, such as VIM or Emacs (terminal).

I export the menu.xml file by command "obamenu > menu.xml", then check it, I found that the command is "evte -e /usr/bin/emacs - NW"

What does "evte" mean ？ A terminal I need install? What is its full name？

The operations I have done before this error are listed below：

1. Configure my openbox like rc.xml or bind some hotkey.
2. Install some new terminal ,then switch the default terminal by "sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator "
3. Maybe, generate a new menu by command "obamenu"， I am not sure.

Here are some tips I found on obamenu's GitHub website.

#terminal_string = "evte -e" # your favourites terminal exec string
terminal_string = "terminator -e" # your favourites terminal exec string

Replacing “evte” with “urxvt” or “uxterm” to execute command like "urxvt -e /usr/bin/emacs - NW" works normally.

1 Answer

The obamenutext seems to imply that terminator and evte do similar things.

terminator is defined as:

Terminator is a program that allows users to set up flexible arrangements of GNOME terminals. It is aimed at those who normally arrange lots of terminals near each other, but don't want to use a frame based window manager.

The parameter -e is defined as:

-e, --command=COMMAND Runs the specified command instead of your default shell or profile specified command

So both seems to do the running of a terminal-command without a shell, directly.

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