idseq-bench-compare command not found

Introduction

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

idseq-bench-compare: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: idseq-bench-compare: command not found

Solutions to idseq-bench-compare: command not found

How To Fix idseq-bench-compare: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu idseq-bench-compare is provided by idseq-bench package.

idseq-bench is:

IDseq (Infectious Disease Sequencing Platform) is an unbiased global software platform that helps scientists identify pathogens in metagenomic sequencing data.

• Discover - Identify the pathogen landscape
• Detect - Monitor and review potential outbreaks
• Decipher - Find potential infecting organisms in large datasets

This package provides the benchmark generator for the IDseq Portal.

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

sudo apt-get -y install idseq-bench

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

You can also use apt command to install idseq-bench.

sudo apt -y install idseq-bench

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

sudo aptitude install idseq-bench

Summary

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