ipdSummary command not found

Introduction

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

ipdSummary: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipdSummary: command not found

Solutions to ipdSummary: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ipdSummary is provided by kineticstools package.

kineticstools is:

Tools for detecting DNA modifications from single molecule, real-time (SMRT®) sequencing data. This tool implements the P_ModificationDetection module in SMRT® Portal, used by the RS_Modification_Detection and RS_Modifications_and_Motif_Detection protocol. Researchers interested in understanding or extending the modification detection algorithms can use these tools as a starting point.

This package is part of the SMRTAnalysis suite.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kineticstools

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

You can also use apt command to install kineticstools.

sudo apt -y install kineticstools

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

sudo aptitude install kineticstools

Summary

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