M2 command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

M2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: M2: command not found

Solutions to M2: command not found

How To Fix M2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu M2 is provided by macaulay2 package.

macaulay2 is:

Macaulay 2 is a software system for algebraic geometry research, written by Daniel R. Grayson and Michael E. Stillman. Based on Groebner bases, it provides algorithms for computing homological invariants of rings and modules.

This package contains the architecture dependent portion of Macaulay2.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install macaulay2

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install macaulay2.

sudo apt -y install macaulay2

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install macaulay2

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix M2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.