exactSNP command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix exactSNP command not found error message

Introduction

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

exactSNP: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: exactSNP: command not found

Solutions to exactSNP: command not found

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

In Ubuntu exactSNP is provided by subread package.

subread is:

Subread aligner can be used to align both gDNA-seq and RNA-seq reads. Subjunc aligner was specified designed for the detection of exon-exon junction. For the mapping of RNA-seq reads, Subread performs local alignments and Subjunc performs global alignments.

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

sudo apt-get -y install subread

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

You can also use apt command to install subread.

sudo apt -y install subread

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

sudo aptitude install subread

Summary

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