ltdbtool command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ltdbtool command not found error message

Introduction

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

ltdbtool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ltdbtool: command not found

Solutions to ltdbtool: command not found

How To Fix ltdbtool: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ltdbtool is provided by ctdb package.

ctdb is:

CTDB is a cluster implementation of the TDB database used by Samba and other projects to store temporary data. If an application is already using TDB for temporary data it is very easy to convert that application to be cluster aware and use CTDB instead.

CTDB provides the same types of functions as TDB but in a clustered fashion, providing a TDB-style database that spans multiple physical hosts in a cluster.

Features include:

  • CTDB provides a TDB that has consistent data and consistent locking across all nodes in a cluster.
  • CTDB is very fast.
  • In case of node failures, CTDB will automatically recover and repair all TDB databases that it manages.
  • CTDB is the core component that provides pCIFS (“parallel CIFS”) with Samba3/4.
  • CTDB provides HA features such as node monitoring, node failover, and IP takeover.
  • CTDB provides a reliable messaging transport to allow applications linked with CTDB to communicate to other instances of the application running on different nodes in the cluster.
  • CTDB has pluggable transport backends. Currently implemented backends are TCP and Infiniband.
  • CTDB supports a system of application specific management scripts, allowing applications that depend on network or filesystem resources to be managed in a highly available manner on a cluster.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ctdb

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

You can also use apt command to install ctdb.

sudo apt -y install ctdb

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

sudo aptitude install ctdb

Summary

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