xdrawchem command not found

Introduction

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

xdrawchem: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xdrawchem: command not found

Solutions to xdrawchem: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xdrawchem is provided by xdrawchem package.

xdrawchem is:

Xdrawchem is a 2D editor for chemical structures and reactions. It mirrors the abilities of the commercial ChemDraw suite and has file compatibility with it as well as other chemical formats through OpenBabel.

This packaged version comes from a fork available at https://gitlab.com/yamanq/xdrawchem, as the previous version was no longer actively maintained. More information about it in the copyright file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xdrawchem

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

You can also use apt command to install xdrawchem.

sudo apt -y install xdrawchem

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

sudo aptitude install xdrawchem

Summary

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