flash command not found

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

Introduction

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

flash: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: flash: command not found

Solutions to flash: command not found

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

In Ubuntu flash is provided by flash package.

flash is:

FLASH (Fast Length Adjustment of SHort reads) is a very fast and accurate software tool to merge paired-end reads from next-generation sequencing experiments. FLASH is designed to merge pairs of reads when the original DNA fragments are shorter than twice the length of reads. The resulting longer reads can significantly improve genome assemblies. They can also improve transcriptome assembly when FLASH is used to merge RNA-seq data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install flash

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

You can also use apt command to install flash.

sudo apt -y install flash

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

sudo aptitude install flash

Summary

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