bpf-gdb-add-index command not found

Introduction

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

bpf-gdb-add-index: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bpf-gdb-add-index: command not found

Solutions to bpf-gdb-add-index: command not found

How To Fix bpf-gdb-add-index: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bpf-gdb-add-index is provided by gdb-bpf package.

gdb-bpf is:

This package has been compiled to target the bpf architecture. GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred.

This package is primarily for avr developers and cross-compilers and is not needed by normal users or developers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdb-bpf

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

You can also use apt command to install gdb-bpf.

sudo apt -y install gdb-bpf

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

sudo aptitude install gdb-bpf

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bpf-gdb-add-index command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.