bkchem command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bkchem command not found error message

Introduction

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

bkchem: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bkchem: command not found

In Ubuntu bkchem is provided by bkchem package.

bkchem is:

BKchem is a free chemical drawing program, which is written in Python.

Some of the features, you can expect:

Drawing (bond-by-bond drawing; templates for common rings; expanding of common-groups; draws radicals, charges, arrows; color support …)
Editing (unlimited undo and redo capabilities; aligning; scaling; rotation (2D, 3D) …)
Export/Import (fully supported SVG-, OpenOffice.org-Draw-, EPS-export; basic support for CML1 and CML2 import and export)

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

sudo apt-get -y install bkchem

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

You can also use apt command to install bkchem.

sudo apt -y install bkchem

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

sudo aptitude install bkchem

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