gdis command not found

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

Introduction

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

gdis: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gdis: command not found

Solutions to gdis: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gdis is provided by gdis package.

gdis is:

A GTK+ based program for the display and manipulation of isolated molecules, periodic systems and crystalline habits. It is in development, but is nonetheless fairly functional. It has the following features:

  • Support for several file types (CIF, BIOSYM, XYZ, XTL, MARVIN, and GULP)
  • A simple molecular creation and manipulation tool
  • A dialogue for creating starting configurations for molecular dynamics simulations
  • Assorted tools for visualization (geometry information, region highlighting, etc.)
  • Animation of BIOSYM files (also rendered animations, see below)

GDIS also allows you to perform the following functions through other packages:

  • Model rendering (courtesy of POVRay)
  • Energy minimization (courtesy of GULP)
  • Morphology calculation (courtesy of cdd)
  • Space group processing (courtesy of SgInfo)
  • View the Periodic Table (courtesy of GPeriodic)
  • Load additional filetypes, such as PDB (courtesy of Babel)

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdis

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

You can also use apt command to install gdis.

sudo apt -y install gdis

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

sudo aptitude install gdis

Summary

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