No such file or directory (os error 2)

➜  ~ nix-locate /bin/sh
error: reading from the database at '/home/user/.cache/nix-index/files' failed.
This may be caused by a corrupt or missing database, try (re)running `nix-index` to generate the database.
If the error persists please file a bug report at https://github.com/nix-community/nix-index.
caused by: No such file or directory (os error 2)