locate.findutils command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix locate.findutils command not found error message

Introduction

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

locate.findutils: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: locate.findutils: command not found

In Ubuntu locate.findutils is provided by locate package.

locate is:

updatedb generates an index of files and directories. GNU locate can be used to quickly query this index.

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

sudo apt-get -y install locate

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

You can also use apt command to install locate.

sudo apt -y install locate

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

sudo aptitude install locate

In this tutorial we learn how to fix locate.findutils command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.