pgbackrest command not found

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

Introduction

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

pgbackrest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pgbackrest: command not found

In Ubuntu pgbackrest is provided by pgbackrest package.

pgbackrest is:

pgBackRest is a simple, reliable backup and restore system for PostgreSQL that can seamlessly scale up to the largest databases and workloads.

This package contains all required binaries, scripts and libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pgbackrest

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

You can also use apt command to install pgbackrest.

sudo apt -y install pgbackrest

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

sudo aptitude install pgbackrest

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