run_mopac7 command not found

Introduction

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

run_mopac7: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: run_mopac7: command not found

Solutions to run_mopac7: command not found

How To Fix run_mopac7: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu run_mopac7 is provided by mopac7-bin package.

mopac7-bin is:

MOPAC provides routines to solve the electronic structure of molecules on a semi-empirical level. Available methods include MNDO, MINDO/3, AM1 and PM3.

This package contains the MOPAC7 binaries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mopac7-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install mopac7-bin.

sudo apt -y install mopac7-bin

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

sudo aptitude install mopac7-bin

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix run_mopac7 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.