autogrid4 command not found

Introduction

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

autogrid4: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: autogrid4: command not found

Solutions to autogrid4: command not found

How To Fix autogrid4: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu autogrid4 is provided by autogrid package.

autogrid is:

The AutoDockSuite addresses the molecular analysis of the docking of a smaller chemical compounds to their receptors of known three-dimensional structure.

The AutoGrid program performs pre-calculations for the docking of a ligand to a set of grids that describe the effect that the protein has on point charges. The effect of these forces on the ligand is then analysed by the AutoDock program.

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

sudo apt-get -y install autogrid

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

You can also use apt command to install autogrid.

sudo apt -y install autogrid

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

sudo aptitude install autogrid

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix autogrid4 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.