free_bift command not found

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

Introduction

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

free_bift: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: free_bift: command not found

In Ubuntu free_bift is provided by python3-freesas package.

python3-freesas is:

Available tools:

supycomb: a re-implementation of supcomb as described in J. Appl. Cryst. (2001). 34, 33-41;
autorg: automatic guess of the Guinier region in a SAXS curve, based on BioXTAS-RAW;
auto_guinier automatic guess of the Guinier region in a SAXS curve, based on J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s223-s228;
auto_gpa: automatic Guinier peak analysis, based on J Appl Cryst. (2016). 49, 1412–1419;
bift: an Bayesian inverse Fourier transform, based on J. Appl. Cryst. (2006). 39, 797-804 & BioXtas-RAW;
cormap: a tool to assess the similarity of saxs curves, based on Nature Methods volume 12, pages 419–422 (2015).

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-freesas

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-freesas.

sudo apt -y install python3-freesas

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

sudo aptitude install python3-freesas

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