axe-demux command not found

Introduction

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

axe-demux: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: axe-demux: command not found

Solutions to axe-demux: command not found

How To Fix axe-demux: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu axe-demux is provided by axe-demultiplexer package.

axe-demultiplexer is:

Axe very rapidly selects the optimal barcode present in a sequence read, even in the presence of sequencing errors. The algorithm is able to handle combinatorial barcoding, barcodes of differing length, and several mismatches per barcode.

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

sudo apt-get -y install axe-demultiplexer

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

You can also use apt command to install axe-demultiplexer.

sudo apt -y install axe-demultiplexer

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

sudo aptitude install axe-demultiplexer

Summary

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