wt command not found

Introduction

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

wt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wt: command not found

Solutions to wt: command not found

How To Fix wt: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu wt is provided by wiredtiger package.

wiredtiger is:

Supports row-oriented storage (where all columns of a row are stored together), column-oriented storage (where columns are stored in groups, allowing for more efficient access and storage of column subsets) and log-structured merge trees (LSM), for sustained throughput under random insert workloads.

Includes ACID transactions with standard isolation levels and durability at both checkpoint and fine-grained granularity.

Can be used as a simple key/value store, but also has a complete schema layer, including indices and projections.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wiredtiger

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

You can also use apt command to install wiredtiger.

sudo apt -y install wiredtiger

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

sudo aptitude install wiredtiger

Summary

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