bp_remote_blast.pl command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bp_remote_blast.pl command not found error message

Introduction

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

bp_remote_blast.pl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bp_remote_blast.pl: command not found

Solutions to bp_remote_blast.pl: command not found

How To Fix bp_remote_blast.pl: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bp_remote_blast.pl is provided by libbio-tools-run-remoteblast-perl package.

libbio-tools-run-remoteblast-perl is:

Class for remote execution of the NCBI Blast via HTTP.

For a description of the many CGI parameters see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Doc/urlapi.html

Various additional options and input formats are available.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbio-tools-run-remoteblast-perl

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

You can also use apt command to install libbio-tools-run-remoteblast-perl.

sudo apt -y install libbio-tools-run-remoteblast-perl

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

sudo aptitude install libbio-tools-run-remoteblast-perl

Summary

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