bp_parse_hmmsearch.pl command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bp_parse_hmmsearch.pl command not found error message

Introduction

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

bp_parse_hmmsearch.pl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bp_parse_hmmsearch.pl: command not found

In Ubuntu bp_parse_hmmsearch.pl is provided by libbio-searchio-hmmer-perl package.

libbio-searchio-hmmer-perl is:

This object implements a parser for hmmpfam hsp output, a program in the HMMER package.

It is part of the libbio-perl collection.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbio-searchio-hmmer-perl

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

You can also use apt command to install libbio-searchio-hmmer-perl.

sudo apt -y install libbio-searchio-hmmer-perl

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

sudo aptitude install libbio-searchio-hmmer-perl

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