linkmap command not found

Introduction

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

linkmap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: linkmap: command not found

Solutions to linkmap: command not found

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

In Ubuntu linkmap is provided by fastlink package.

fastlink is:

Genetic linkage analysis is a statistical technique used to map genes and find the approximate location of disease genes. There was a standard software package for genetic linkage called LINKAGE. FASTLINK is a significantly modified and improved version of the main programs of LINKAGE that runs much faster sequentially, can run in parallel, allows the user to recover gracefully from a computer crash, and provides abundant new documentation. FASTLINK has been used in over 1000 published genetic linkage studies.

This package contains the following programs: ilink: GEMINI optimization procedure to find a locally optimal value of the theta vector of recombination fractions linkmap: calculates location scores of one locus against a fixed map of other loci lodscore: compares likelihoods at locally optimal theta mlink: calculates lod scores and risk with two of more loci unknown: identify possible genotypes for unknowns

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

sudo apt-get -y install fastlink

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

You can also use apt command to install fastlink.

sudo apt -y install fastlink

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

sudo aptitude install fastlink

Summary

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