vdb-validate: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/vdb-validate - from package: sra-toolkit

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
vdb-validate: bevel nie gevind nie
vdb-validate: comandă negăsită
vdb-validate: comando não encontrado
vdb-validate: commande introuvable
vdb-validate: command not found
vdb-validate: käsku ei ole
vdb-validate: không tìm thấy lệnh
vdb-validate: komanda nerasta
vdb-validate: Kommando nicht gefunden.
vdb-validate: kommandot finns inte
vdb-validate: komut yok
vdb-validate: nie znaleziono polecenia
vdb-validate: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
vdb-validate: no se encontró la orden
vdb-validate: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
vdb-validate: opdracht niet gevonden
vdb-validate: parancs nem található
vdb-validate: perintah tidak ditemukan
vdb-validate: príkaz nenájdený
vdb-validate: příkaz nenalezen
vdb-validate: команда не найдена
vdb-validate: командата не е открита
vdb-validate: 命令找不到
vdb-validate: コマンドが見つかりません