prometheus-sql-exporter command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix prometheus-sql-exporter command not found error message

Introduction

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

prometheus-sql-exporter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: prometheus-sql-exporter: command not found

In Ubuntu prometheus-sql-exporter is provided by prometheus-sql-exporter package.

prometheus-sql-exporter is:

This Prometheus exporter extracts various metrics from PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MSSQL databases. The metrics are configurable via a YAML file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-sql-exporter

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

You can also use apt command to install prometheus-sql-exporter.

sudo apt -y install prometheus-sql-exporter

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

sudo aptitude install prometheus-sql-exporter

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