mariabackup command not found

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

Introduction

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

mariabackup: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mariabackup: command not found

In Ubuntu mariabackup is provided by mariadb-backup package.

mariadb-backup is:

This backup tool is guaranteed to be compatible with MariaDB. Based on Xtrabackup, but improved to work with MariaDB.

Please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base on more information on how to use this tool.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-backup

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

You can also use apt command to install mariadb-backup.

sudo apt -y install mariadb-backup

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

sudo aptitude install mariadb-backup

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