go-exploitdb command not found

Introduction

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

go-exploitdb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: go-exploitdb: command not found

Solutions to go-exploitdb: command not found

How To Fix go-exploitdb: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu go-exploitdb is provided by go-exploitdb package.

go-exploitdb is:

go-exploitdb is a tool for searching Exploits from Exploit-DB (OffensiveSecurity) by CVE number or Exploit Database ID. Exploits are inserted at sqlite database(go-exploitdb) from Exploit-DB and can be searched by command line interface. In server mode, a simple Web API can be used.

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

sudo apt-get -y install go-exploitdb

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

You can also use apt command to install go-exploitdb.

sudo apt -y install go-exploitdb

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

sudo aptitude install go-exploitdb

Summary

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