votca_compare command not found

Introduction

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

votca_compare: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: votca_compare: command not found

Solutions to votca_compare: command not found

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

In Ubuntu votca_compare is provided by votca-tools package.

votca-tools is:

VOTCA is a software package which focuses on the analysis of molecular dynamics data, the development of systematic coarse-graining techniques as well as methods used for simulating microscopic charge transport in disordered semiconductors.

VOTCA’s tools library provides functions shared between all VOTCA packages.

This package contains helper binaries and shell RC file fragments.

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

sudo apt-get -y install votca-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install votca-tools.

sudo apt -y install votca-tools

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

sudo aptitude install votca-tools

Summary

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