makedb command not found

Introduction

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

makedb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: makedb: command not found

Solutions to makedb: command not found

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

In Ubuntu makedb is provided by libnss-db package.

libnss-db is:

nss_db is a set of C library extensions which allow Berkeley Databases to be used as a primary source of aliases, ethers, groups, hosts, networks, protocol, users, RPCs, services, and shadow passwords (instead of or in addition to using flat files or NIS). Install nss_db if your flat name service files are too large and lookups are slow.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnss-db

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

You can also use apt command to install libnss-db.

sudo apt -y install libnss-db

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

sudo aptitude install libnss-db

Summary

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