gdbm_load-nolfs command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gdbm_load-nolfs command not found error message

Introduction

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

gdbm_load-nolfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gdbm_load-nolfs: command not found

Solutions to gdbm_load-nolfs: command not found

How To Fix gdbm_load-nolfs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gdbm_load-nolfs is provided by gdbmtool package.

gdbmtool is:

GNU dbm (‘gdbm’) is a library of database functions that use extendible hashing and works similarly to the standard UNIX ‘dbm’ functions.

The basic use of ‘gdbm’ is to store key/data pairs in a data file, thus providing a persistent version of the ‘dictionary’ Abstract Data Type (‘hash’ to perl programmers). This package includes following command line tools:

  • gdbm_dump – dump database content into system-independant format
  • gdbm_load – recreate database from dump, created by gdbm_dump
  • gdbmtool – view and modify an existing database or to create a new one.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdbmtool

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

You can also use apt command to install gdbmtool.

sudo apt -y install gdbmtool

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

sudo aptitude install gdbmtool

Summary

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