How To Install acedb-other-belvu on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other-belvu on Debian 9. acedb-other-belvu is multiple sequence alignment editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other-belvu on Debian 9.

What is acedb-other-belvu

acedb-other-belvu is:

For the analysis of biological sequences, a general principle is to corresponding regions between related proteins, RNA or DNA. Written next to each other, corresponding positions above each other, one has prepared an alignment.

Belvu is best known for its perfect implementation of the Stockholm format of multiple sequence alignments, since upstream is maintaining that. That is for instance used in the Pfam and Rfam databases.

There are three methods to install acedb-other-belvu on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install acedb-other-belvu Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install acedb-other-belvu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install acedb-other-belvu

Install acedb-other-belvu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install acedb-other-belvu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install acedb-other-belvu

Install acedb-other-belvu Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install acedb-other-belvu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acedb-other-belvu

How To Uninstall acedb-other-belvu on Debian 9

To uninstall only the acedb-other-belvu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acedb-other-belvu

Uninstall acedb-other-belvu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acedb-other-belvu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acedb-other-belvu

Remove acedb-other-belvu Configurations and Data

To remove acedb-other-belvu configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acedb-other-belvu

Remove acedb-other-belvu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove acedb-other-belvu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acedb-other-belvu

Dependencies

acedb-other-belvu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other-belvu package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.