rmt-dump command not found

Introduction

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

rmt-dump: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rmt-dump: command not found

Solutions to rmt-dump: command not found

How To Fix rmt-dump: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu rmt-dump is provided by dump package.

dump is:

This is a port of the 4.4BSD filesystem backup suite. Dump examines files on a filesystem and determines which files need to be backed up. These files are copied to the given disk, tape or other storage medium for safe keeping.

The restore command performs the inverse function of dump. A full backup of a filesystem may be restored and subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it. Single files and directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial backups.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dump

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

You can also use apt command to install dump.

sudo apt -y install dump

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

sudo aptitude install dump

Summary

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