med-data command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix med-data command not found error message

Introduction

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

med-data: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: med-data: command not found

In Ubuntu med-data is provided by med-data package.

med-data is:

This metapackage will install free drug databases and related applications. The database can be accessed by any EMR using the application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install med-data

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

You can also use apt command to install med-data.

sudo apt -y install med-data

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

sudo aptitude install med-data

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