plipcmd command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix plipcmd command not found error message

Introduction

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

plipcmd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: plipcmd: command not found

In Ubuntu plipcmd is provided by plip package.

plip is:

The Protein-Ligand Interaction Profiler (PLIP) is a tool to analyze and visualize protein-ligand interactions in PDB files.

Features include:

Detection of eight different types of noncovalent interactions
Automatic detection of relevant ligands in a PDB file
Direct download of PDB structures from wwPDB server if valid PDB ID is given
Processing of custom PDB files containing protein-ligand complexes (e.g. from docking)
No need for special preparation of a PDB file, works out of the box
Atom-level interaction reports in rST and XML formats for easy parsing
Generation of PyMOL session files (.pse) for each pairing, enabling easy preparation of images for publications and talks
Rendering of preview image for each ligand and its interactions with the protein

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

sudo apt-get -y install plip

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

You can also use apt command to install plip.

sudo apt -y install plip

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

sudo aptitude install plip

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