dbf-rb command not found

Introduction

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

dbf-rb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dbf-rb: command not found

Solutions to dbf-rb: command not found

How To Fix dbf-rb: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dbf-rb is provided by ruby-dbf package.

ruby-dbf is:

A small fast library for reading dBase, xBase, Clipper and FoxPro database files.

Some limitations include experimental/no support for advanced data types in dBase V and FoxPro. No support for FoxBase/dBase II files. No write support, and index files are not utilized.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-dbf

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

You can also use apt command to install ruby-dbf.

sudo apt -y install ruby-dbf

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

sudo aptitude install ruby-dbf

Summary

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