mate-autogen: 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 Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/mate-autogen - from package: mate-common

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

Error in other languages:
mate-autogen: bevel nie gevind nie
mate-autogen: comandă negăsită
mate-autogen: comando não encontrado
mate-autogen: commande introuvable
mate-autogen: command not found
mate-autogen: käsku ei ole
mate-autogen: không tìm thấy lệnh
mate-autogen: komanda nerasta
mate-autogen: Kommando nicht gefunden.
mate-autogen: kommandot finns inte
mate-autogen: komut yok
mate-autogen: nie znaleziono polecenia
mate-autogen: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
mate-autogen: no se encontró la orden
mate-autogen: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
mate-autogen: opdracht niet gevonden
mate-autogen: parancs nem található
mate-autogen: perintah tidak ditemukan
mate-autogen: príkaz nenájdený
mate-autogen: příkaz nenalezen
mate-autogen: команда не найдена
mate-autogen: командата не е открита
mate-autogen: 命令找不到
mate-autogen: コマンドが見つかりません