picopore-rename command not found

Introduction

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

picopore-rename: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: picopore-rename: command not found

Solutions to picopore-rename: command not found

How To Fix picopore-rename: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu picopore-rename is provided by picopore package.

picopore is:

The Nanopore is a device to determine the sequences of single moleculres of DNA. No amplification. The output is gigantic and tools like this one help to reduce it.

Over time, other means have substitute the need for this one. Upstream has halted development. Some tutorials and pipelines of the Nanopore still refer to it, though.

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

sudo apt-get -y install picopore

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

You can also use apt command to install picopore.

sudo apt -y install picopore

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

sudo aptitude install picopore

Summary

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