Has the "xkill" command been replaced or removed entirely in Ubuntu 18.04?

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I am curious if the Alt + F2 xkill command has been replaced by something similar, or if it has been removed entirely.

I know we can use other methods to stop processes, I'm just curious.

It is working fine in my main installation. What do you get when you run xkill in terminal? — Kulfy, Jan 15 '19 at 18:37
I mean not in Alt+F2 dialog but in terminal (which is usually launched using Ctrl+Alt+T) — Kulfy, Jan 15 '19 at 18:39
It works fine then. I didn't know it would work from the terminal. — LuminousNutria, Jan 15 '19 at 18:39
It would work fine in terminal. So here I see the problem that you are not able to use xkill from Alt+F2. Right? Can you run other commands? Like what happen if you run nautilus in Alt+F2 dialog? — Kulfy, Jan 15 '19 at 18:43
Just a suggestion: bind the xkill command to a keyboard shortcut. I have Super+Del for the purpose. That avoids having to press Alt+F2 and then typing xkill. And you can go to http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ and search for xkill. You'll see that it's available in Bionic and in Cosmic. — DK Bose, Jan 16 '19 at 12:57

Kulfy · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-19T17:23:02.373

This looks like a bug under x11 in 18.04. I've tried this in at least 3 systems before landing to this conclusion. xkill if run in a "Run Command" dialog which appears after using Alt+F2 seems to occasionally don't actually execute the command and return "the cursor" instead of X (cross sign). I haven't found a bug report yet and still searching for it.

As of now you can switch to "Wayland" and xkill seems to work normally under Wayland. To switch to wayland, click on gear icon and select "Ubuntu on Wayland".

Has the "xkill" command been replaced or removed entirely in Ubuntu 18.04?

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