Install locate command on Linux server.

[Gunjan]

Basically locate command not installed in Linux server by default and while we are running locate command we receive following error message.

root@server [~]# locate test
-bash: locate: command not found

To resolve above error message install locate command on your server by using the following command.

Log in to shell as root user and run following command.

root@server [~]#yum -y install mlocate

Once locate command installation complete on your server, you can run locate command but it will throw you the following error message because mlocate.db (locate command database) is missing.

root@server [~]# locate test
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': No such file or directory

To build mlocate.db run following command.

root@server [~]# updatedb

As soon as updatedb command complete, you will be able to run locate command without any problem.

[ivaak]

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