elph command not found

Introduction

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

elph: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: elph: command not found

Solutions to elph: command not found

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

In Ubuntu elph is provided by elph package.

elph is:

ELPH (Estimated Locations of Pattern Hits) is a general-purpose Gibbs sampler for finding motifs in a set of DNA or protein sequences. The program takes as input a set containing anywhere from a few dozen to thousands of sequences, and searches through them for the most common motif, assuming that each sequence contains one copy of the motif. ELPH was used to find patterns such as ribosome binding sites (RBSs) and exon splicing enhancers (ESEs).

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

sudo apt-get -y install elph

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

You can also use apt command to install elph.

sudo apt -y install elph

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

sudo aptitude install elph

Summary

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