gnome-panel: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On CentOS possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/gnome-panel - from package: gnome-panel

You may install the required package with command yum install {package}

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/gnome-panel - from package: gnome-panel

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
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gnome-panel: comandă negăsită
gnome-panel: comando não encontrado
gnome-panel: commande introuvable
gnome-panel: command not found
gnome-panel: käsku ei ole
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gnome-panel: Kommando nicht gefunden.
gnome-panel: kommandot finns inte
gnome-panel: komut yok
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gnome-panel: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
gnome-panel: opdracht niet gevonden
gnome-panel: parancs nem található
gnome-panel: perintah tidak ditemukan
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gnome-panel: příkaz nenalezen
gnome-panel: команда не найдена
gnome-panel: командата не е открита
gnome-panel: 命令找不到
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