bp_run_protdist.pl command not found

Introduction

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

bp_run_protdist.pl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bp_run_protdist.pl: command not found

Solutions to bp_run_protdist.pl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bp_run_protdist.pl is provided by bioperl-run package.

bioperl-run is:

Contains scripts from the BioPerl-Run package. This package will also install all wrappable applications packaged in Debian. The ones that are not Free are “Suggested” by this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bioperl-run

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

You can also use apt command to install bioperl-run.

sudo apt -y install bioperl-run

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

sudo aptitude install bioperl-run

Summary

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