dwgsim command not found

Introduction

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

dwgsim: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dwgsim: command not found

Solutions to dwgsim: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dwgsim is provided by dwgsim package.

dwgsim is:

DWGSIM simulates short sequencing reads from modern sequencing platforms. DWGSIM generates base error rates using a parametric model, allowing a more realisic error profile. It was originally developed for use in evaluating short read aligners.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dwgsim

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

You can also use apt command to install dwgsim.

sudo apt -y install dwgsim

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

sudo aptitude install dwgsim

Summary

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