iss command not found

Introduction

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

iss: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: iss: command not found

Solutions to iss: command not found

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

In Ubuntu iss is provided by insilicoseq package.

insilicoseq is:

Primarily intended for simulating metagenomic samples, it can also be used to produce sequencing data from a single genome.

InSilicoSeq is written in Python, and use kernel density estimators to model the read quality of real sequencing data.

InSilicoSeq support substitution, insertion and deletion errors. If you don’t have the use for insertion and deletion error a basic error model is provided.

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

sudo apt-get -y install insilicoseq

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

You can also use apt command to install insilicoseq.

sudo apt -y install insilicoseq

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

sudo aptitude install insilicoseq

Summary

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