figtree command not found

Introduction

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

figtree: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: figtree: command not found

Solutions to figtree: command not found

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

In Ubuntu figtree is provided by figtree package.

figtree is:

FigTree is designed as a graphical viewer of phylogenetic trees and as a program for producing publication-ready figures. In particular it is designed to display summarized and annotated trees produced by BEAST.

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

sudo apt-get -y install figtree

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

You can also use apt command to install figtree.

sudo apt -y install figtree

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

sudo aptitude install figtree

Summary

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