traceroute6.db command not found

Introduction

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

traceroute6.db: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: traceroute6.db: command not found

Solutions to traceroute6.db: command not found

How To Fix traceroute6.db: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu traceroute6.db is provided by traceroute package.

traceroute is:

The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP number and host name (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by the packets. Traceroute is used as a network debugging tool. If you’re having network connectivity problems, traceroute will show you where the trouble is coming from along the route.

Install traceroute if you need a tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install traceroute

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

You can also use apt command to install traceroute.

sudo apt -y install traceroute

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

sudo aptitude install traceroute

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix traceroute6.db command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.