multiqc command not found

Introduction

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

multiqc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: multiqc: command not found

Solutions to multiqc: command not found

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

In Ubuntu multiqc is provided by multiqc package.

multiqc is:

The sequencing of DNA or RNA with current high-throughput technologies involves an array of tools and these are applied over a range of samples. It is easy to loose oversight. And gathering the data and forwarding them in a readable manner to the individuals who took the samples is a challenge for a tool in itself. Well. Here it is. MultiQC aggregates the output of multiple tools into a single report.

Reports are generated by scanning given directories for recognised log files. These are parsed and a single HTML report is generated summarising the statistics for all logs found. MultiQC reports can describe multiple analysis steps and large numbers of samples within a single plot, and multiple analysis tools making it ideal for routine fast quality control.

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

sudo apt-get -y install multiqc

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

You can also use apt command to install multiqc.

sudo apt -y install multiqc

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

sudo aptitude install multiqc

Summary

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