dds2index command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix dds2index command not found error message

Introduction

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

dds2index: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dds2index: command not found

In Ubuntu dds2index is provided by dds2tar package.

dds2tar is:

This tool makes use of the fast seek command of DAT devices. Files from a selected file archive can be extracted within one minute.

A script scsi_vendor is provided which may help in learning more about an unknown SCSI device. It is used by the mt-dds tool.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dds2tar

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

You can also use apt command to install dds2tar.

sudo apt -y install dds2tar

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

sudo aptitude install dds2tar

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dds2index command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.