vbackup command not found

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

Introduction

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

vbackup: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vbackup: command not found

Solutions to vbackup: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vbackup is provided by vbackup package.

vbackup is:

vbackup constists of a set of scripts that handle the various aspects of a backup. It can be easily extended to support other backup methods too. It can be used for full or incremental backups. It also includes a wizard for basic (quick) configuration.

Currently it supports/backups:

XFS using xfsdump
Generic filesystem backups using tar
PostgreSQL
MySQL
dpkg and RPM database
Partition tables, disk MBRs, MD and LVM information
OpenLDAP database

It can work with local files, handle NFS mounts or scp backups to a remote location. It also supports encryption using x509 certificates.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vbackup

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

You can also use apt command to install vbackup.

sudo apt -y install vbackup

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

sudo aptitude install vbackup

Summary

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