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plocate updatedb /var/lib/plocate/: Is a directory error

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> plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike. But I'm having problem using it ***under WSL1***.
$ plocate java
/var/lib/plocate/plocate.db: No such file or directory

$ sudo updatedb
/var/lib/plocate/: Is a directory

$ updatedb.plocate
/var/lib/plocate/: Is a directory

$ apt-cache policy plocate
plocate:
  Installed: 1.1.8-2+deb11u1
  Candidate: 1.1.8-2+deb11u1
  Version table:
     1.1.13-1~bpo11+1 100
        100 http://ftp.debian.org/debian  bullseye-backports/main amd64 Packages
 *** 1.1.8-2+deb11u1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian  bullseye/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release:        11
Codename:       bullseye
Asked by xpt (1858 rep)
Jun 3, 2022, 04:08 PM
Last activity: Sep 1, 2023, 04:42 PM