format_input command not found

Introduction

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

format_input: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: format_input: command not found

Solutions to format_input: command not found

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

In Ubuntu format_input is provided by lefse package.

lefse is:

LEfSe (Linear discriminant analysis Effect Size) determines the features (organisms, clades, operational taxonomic units, genes, or functions) most likely to explain differences between classes by coupling standard tests for statistical significance with additional tests encoding biological consistency and effect relevance.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lefse

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

You can also use apt command to install lefse.

sudo apt -y install lefse

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

sudo aptitude install lefse

Summary

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