kcprototest command not found

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

Introduction

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

kcprototest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kcprototest: command not found

Solutions to kcprototest: command not found

How To Fix kcprototest: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu kcprototest is provided by kyotocabinet-utils package.

kyotocabinet-utils is:

Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree.

This package contains the kcutilmgr tool, used to compile kyotocabinet language bindings without Debian patches applied, and well as testing and debugging utilities.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kyotocabinet-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install kyotocabinet-utils.

sudo apt -y install kyotocabinet-utils

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

sudo aptitude install kyotocabinet-utils

Summary

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