mdb-json command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mdb-json command not found error message

Introduction

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

mdb-json: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mdb-json: command not found

In Ubuntu mdb-json is provided by mdbtools package.

mdbtools is:

These are various tools for manipulating JET / MS Access database (MDB) files:

utils - provides command line utilities to list tables, export schema, and data, show file versions, and other useful stuff.
mdb-sql - a command line SQL tool that allows one to type SQL queries and get results.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mdbtools

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

You can also use apt command to install mdbtools.

sudo apt -y install mdbtools

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

sudo aptitude install mdbtools

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