prodigal: command not found

Have You tried accessing the binary with the full path?

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/prodigal - from package: prodigal

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}
Error in other languages:
prodigal: bevel nie gevind nie
prodigal: comandă negăsită
prodigal: comando não encontrado
prodigal: commande introuvable
prodigal: command not found
prodigal: käsku ei ole
prodigal: không tìm thấy lệnh
prodigal: komanda nerasta
prodigal: Kommando nicht gefunden.
prodigal: kommandot finns inte
prodigal: komut yok
prodigal: nie znaleziono polecenia
prodigal: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
prodigal: no se encontró la orden
prodigal: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
prodigal: opdracht niet gevonden
prodigal: parancs nem található
prodigal: perintah tidak ditemukan
prodigal: príkaz nenájdený
prodigal: příkaz nenalezen
prodigal: команда не найдена
prodigal: командата не е открита
prodigal: 命令找不到
prodigal: コマンドが見つかりません