How to fix: locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db’: No such file or directory

You got the message “locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db’: No such file or directory” when using locate command ?

To fix it just simply use updatedb command.

For example:

[root@xyz ]# locate lan.vu

[root@xyz ]# locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db’: No such file or directory

[root@xyz ]# updatedb

[root@xyz ]# locate lan.vu

/home/lan.vu