mt-dds command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mt-dds command not found error message

Introduction

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

mt-dds: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mt-dds: command not found

In Ubuntu mt-dds is provided by dds2tar package.

dds2tar is:

This tool makes use of the fast seek command of DAT devices. Files from a selected file archive can be extracted within one minute.

A script scsi_vendor is provided which may help in learning more about an unknown SCSI device. It is used by the mt-dds tool.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dds2tar

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

You can also use apt command to install dds2tar.

sudo apt -y install dds2tar

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

sudo aptitude install dds2tar

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