dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: 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/lib/qiime/bin/dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py - from package: qiime

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}
Error in other languages:
dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: bevel nie gevind nie
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dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: comando não encontrado
dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: commande introuvable
dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: command not found
dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: käsku ei ole
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dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: Kommando nicht gefunden.
dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: kommandot finns inte
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dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: nie znaleziono polecenia
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dissimilarity_mtx_stats.py: команда не найдена
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