mysqltest_embedded command not found

Introduction

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

mysqltest_embedded: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mysqltest_embedded: command not found

Solutions to mysqltest_embedded: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mysqltest_embedded is provided by mariadb-test package.

mariadb-test is:

MariaDB is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world. The main goals of MariaDB are speed, robustness and ease of use.

This package includes the regression test suite.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-test

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

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

sudo apt -y install mariadb-test

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

sudo aptitude install mariadb-test

Summary

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