gausssum command not found

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

Introduction

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

gausssum: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gausssum: command not found

Solutions to gausssum: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gausssum is provided by gausssum package.

gausssum is:

GaussSum parses the output files of ADF, GAMESS, GAMESS-UK, Gaussian, Jaguar and PC GAMESS calculations to extract useful information.

GaussSum uses GNUPlot to display the progress of geometry optimisations, density of states spectrum, UV-VIS spectra, IR spectra, Raman spectra, and electron density difference maps. It can also display all lines containing an arbitrary phrase and more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gausssum

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

You can also use apt command to install gausssum.

sudo apt -y install gausssum

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

sudo aptitude install gausssum

Summary

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