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Bit of a newbie here, but couldn't find this problem anywhere on the forums. Running Ubuntu 18.04, default terminal.

Upon entering the clear command, terminal returned

terminals database is inaccessible

Only help I found online was to check the TERM environment variable which was set to xterm-256color

However, I tried sudo clear and this seems to work. Don't understand what's happening. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.

EDIT : The issue persists with different terminal emulators and even on CLI. Still haven't found a fix.

8eardcules
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Try installing the italic terminfo:

tic resources/xterm-256color-italic.terminfo
tic resources/tmux-256color-italic.terminfo

Source: terminals database is inaccessible #33

See also: clear command - terminals database is inaccessible

See also: “clear” command in GNOME terminal returns “terminals database is inaccessible”

bitinerant
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