shapeit4.2 command not found

Introduction

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

shapeit4.2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: shapeit4.2: command not found

Solutions to shapeit4.2: command not found

How To Fix shapeit4.2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu shapeit4.2 is provided by shapeit4 package.

shapeit4 is:

Segmented HAPlotype Estimation and Imputation Tools version 4 (SHAPEIT4). SHAPEIT4 is a fast and accurate method for estimation of haplotypes (aka phasing) for SNP array and sequencing data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install shapeit4

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

You can also use apt command to install shapeit4.

sudo apt -y install shapeit4

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

sudo aptitude install shapeit4

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix shapeit4.2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.