rdp_classifier command not found

Introduction

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

rdp_classifier: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rdp_classifier: command not found

Solutions to rdp_classifier: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rdp_classifier is provided by rdp-classifier package.

rdp-classifier is:

The RDP Classifier is a naive Bayesian classifier which was developed to provide rapid taxonomic placement based on rRNA sequence data. The RDP Classifier can rapidly and accurately classify bacterial and archaeal 16s rRNA sequences, and Fungal LSU sequences. It provides taxonomic assignments from domain to genus, with confidence estimates for each assignment. The RDP Classifier likely can be adapted to additional phylogenetically coherent bacterial taxonomies.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rdp-classifier

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

You can also use apt command to install rdp-classifier.

sudo apt -y install rdp-classifier

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

sudo aptitude install rdp-classifier

Summary

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