plocate-build command not found

Introduction

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

plocate-build: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: plocate-build: command not found

Solutions to plocate-build: command not found

How To Fix plocate-build: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu plocate-build is provided by plocate package.

plocate is:

plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike.

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

sudo apt-get -y install plocate

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

You can also use apt command to install plocate.

sudo apt -y install plocate

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

sudo aptitude install plocate

Summary

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