rpmdb command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix rpmdb command not found error message

Introduction

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

rpmdb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rpmdb: command not found

In Ubuntu rpmdb is provided by go-rpmdb package.

go-rpmdb is:

a tiny appliceation for enumerating packages in a RPM DB Packages file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install go-rpmdb

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

You can also use apt command to install go-rpmdb.

sudo apt -y install go-rpmdb

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

sudo aptitude install go-rpmdb

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