ceph-mds command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ceph-mds command not found error message

Introduction

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

ceph-mds: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ceph-mds: command not found

In Ubuntu ceph-mds is provided by ceph-mds package.

ceph-mds is:

Ceph is a distributed storage and network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability.

This package contains the metadata server daemon, which is used to create a distributed file system on top of the ceph storage cluster.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ceph-mds

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

You can also use apt command to install ceph-mds.

sudo apt -y install ceph-mds

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

sudo aptitude install ceph-mds

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