updatedb.plocate command not found

Introduction

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

updatedb.plocate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: updatedb.plocate: command not found

Solutions to updatedb.plocate: command not found

How To Fix updatedb.plocate: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu updatedb.plocate 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 updatedb.plocate command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.