gff2ps command not found

Introduction

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

gff2ps: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gff2ps: command not found

Solutions to gff2ps: command not found

How To Fix gff2ps: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gff2ps is provided by gff2ps package.

gff2ps is:

gff2ps is a script program developed with the aim of converting gff-formatted records into high quality one-dimensional plots in PostScript. Such plots maybe useful for comparing genomic structures and to visualizing outputs from genome annotation programs. It can be used in a very simple way, because it assumes that the GFF file itself carries enough formatting information, but it also allows through a number of options and/or a configuration file, for a great degree of customization.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gff2ps

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

You can also use apt command to install gff2ps.

sudo apt -y install gff2ps

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

sudo aptitude install gff2ps

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gff2ps command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.