-bash: locate: command not found (Solved)

-bash: locate: command not found (Solved)

Solution:

[root@ip-xxx ~]# which locate
/usr/bin/which: no locate in (/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin)

Use yum to install mlocate package

[root@ip-xxx ~]# yum install mlocate -y
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos
cloudera-manager                                                                                                                                                      |  951 B  00:00:00
mysql-connectors-community                                                                                                                                            | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
mysql-tools-community                                                                                                                                                 | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
mysql56-community                                                                                                                                                     | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
rhui-REGION-client-config-server-7                                                                                                                                    | 2.1 kB  00:00:00
rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases                                                                                                                                      | 2.0 kB  00:00:00
rhui-REGION-rhel-server-rh-common                                                                                                                                     | 2.1 kB  00:00:00
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mlocate.x86_64 0:0.26-8.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                               Arch                                 Version                                     Repository                                                      Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 mlocate                               x86_64                               0.26-8.el7                                  rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases                               113 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 113 k
Installed size: 379 k
Downloading packages:
mlocate-0.26-8.el7.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                         | 113 kB  00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : mlocate-0.26-8.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                                                 1/1
  Verifying  : mlocate-0.26-8.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                                                 1/1

Installed:
  mlocate.x86_64 0:0.26-8.el7

Complete!

Update the locate repository

[root@ip-xxx ~]# updatedb

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