sniffles command not found

Introduction

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

sniffles: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sniffles: command not found

Solutions to sniffles: command not found

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

In Ubuntu sniffles is provided by sniffles package.

sniffles is:

Sniffles is a structural variation (SV) caller using third-generation sequencing data such as those from Pacific Biosciences or Oxford Nanopore platforms. It detects all types of SVs using evidence from split-read alignments, high-mismatch regions, and coverage analysis.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sniffles

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

You can also use apt command to install sniffles.

sudo apt -y install sniffles

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

sudo aptitude install sniffles

Summary

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