ezez4makefile_v4 command not found

Introduction

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

ezez4makefile_v4: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ezez4makefile_v4: command not found

Solutions to ezez4makefile_v4: command not found

How To Fix ezez4makefile_v4: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ezez4makefile_v4 is provided by sprai package.

sprai is:

Sprai is a tool to correct sequencing errors in single-pass reads for de novo assembly. It is originally designed for correcting sequencing errors in single-molecule DNA sequencing reads, especially in Continuous Long Reads (CLRs) generated by PacBio RS sequencers. The goal of Sprai is not maximizing the accuracy of error-corrected reads. Instead, Sprai aims at maximizing the continuity (i.e., N50 contig length) of assembled contigs after error correction.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sprai

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

You can also use apt command to install sprai.

sudo apt -y install sprai

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

sudo aptitude install sprai

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ezez4makefile_v4 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.