gdb-add-index command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gdb-add-index: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gdb-add-index: command not found

Solutions to gdb-add-index: command not found

How To Fix gdb-add-index: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gdb-add-index is provided by gdb package.

gdb is:

GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred. Currently, gdb supports C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, Go, and Ada. A must-have for any serious programmer.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gdb

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gdb.

sudo apt -y install gdb

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gdb

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gdb-add-index command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.