ltrsift_encode command not found

Introduction

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

ltrsift_encode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ltrsift_encode: command not found

Solutions to ltrsift_encode: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ltrsift_encode is provided by ltrsift package.

ltrsift is:

LTRsift is a graphical desktop tool for semi-automatic postprocessing of de novo predicted LTR retrotransposon annotations, such as the ones generated by LTRharvest and LTRdigest. Its user-friendly interface displays LTR retrotransposon candidates, their putative families and their internal structure in a hierarchical fashion, allowing the user to “sift” through the sometimes large results of de novo prediction software. It also offers customizable filtering and classification functionality.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ltrsift

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

You can also use apt command to install ltrsift.

sudo apt -y install ltrsift

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

sudo aptitude install ltrsift

Summary

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