dawg command not found

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

Introduction

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

dawg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dawg: command not found

Solutions to dawg: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dawg is provided by dawg package.

dawg is:

DNA Assembly with Gaps (Dawg) is an application designed to simulate the evolution of recombinant DNA sequences in continuous time based on the robust general time reversible model with gamma and invariant rate heterogeneity and a novel length-dependent model of gap formation. The application accepts phylogenies in Newick format and can return the sequence of any node, allowing for the exact evolutionary history to be recorded at the discretion of users. Dawg records the gap history of every lineage to produce the true alignment in the output. Many options are available to allow users to customize their simulations and results.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dawg

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

You can also use apt command to install dawg.

sudo apt -y install dawg

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

sudo aptitude install dawg

Summary

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