mlv-smile command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mlv-smile command not found error message

Introduction

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

mlv-smile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mlv-smile: command not found

In Ubuntu mlv-smile is provided by mlv-smile package.

mlv-smile is:

Smile determines sequence motifs on the basis of a set of DNA, RNA or protein sequences.

No hard limit on the number of combinations of motifs to describe subsets of sequences.
The sequence alphabet may be specified.
The use of wildcards is supported.
Better determination of significance of motifs by simulation.
Introduction of a set of sequences with negative controls that should not match automatically determined motifs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mlv-smile

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

You can also use apt command to install mlv-smile.

sudo apt -y install mlv-smile

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

sudo aptitude install mlv-smile

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