I m using debian 4.0

debian:~# mysqldump
-bash: mysqldump: command not found
debian:~#

what can I do ? thanks.

thanks solved.

Can you post the solution; others might be able to learn from it.

I'd assume it wasn't in their default path and they either fixed by specifying full path to command and or added the directory to their current path.

debian:~# locate mysqldump
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/client/mysqldump.c
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/man/mysqldump.1
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/mysql-test/r/mysqldump-max.result
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/mysql-test/t/mysqldump-max.test
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/netware/mysqldump.def
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.18/scripts/mysqldumpslow.sh
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/bin/mysqldump
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/bin/mysqldumpslow
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/man/man1/mysqldump.1
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/r/mysqldump-compat.result
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/r/mysqldump-max.result
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/t/mysqldump-compat.opt
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/t/mysqldump-compat.test
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/t/mysqldump-max.test
/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
debian:~# cp -a /usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/bin/mysqldump /usr/bin
debian:~# mysqldump
Usage: mysqldump [OPTIONS] database [tables]
OR mysqldump [OPTIONS] --databases [OPTIONS] DB1 [DB2 DB3...]
OR mysqldump [OPTIONS] --all-databases [OPTIONS]
For more options, use mysqldump --help
debian:~#

So you installed by source and didn't have it in your default path. Instead of copying, you could have just added /usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-linux-i686/bin/ to your users path.