How To Install hhsuite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hhsuite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. hhsuite-doc is documentation for HHsuite for HMM-HMM comparisons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hhsuite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is hhsuite-doc

hhsuite-doc is:

HH-suite is an open-source software package for sensitive protein sequence searching based on the pairwise alignment of hidden Markov models (HMMs).

This package provides a PDF with the user guide for HH-suite.

There are three methods to install hhsuite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hhsuite-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hhsuite-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hhsuite-doc

Install hhsuite-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hhsuite-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hhsuite-doc

Install hhsuite-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hhsuite-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hhsuite-doc

How To Uninstall hhsuite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the hhsuite-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hhsuite-doc

Uninstall hhsuite-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hhsuite-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hhsuite-doc

Remove hhsuite-doc Configurations and Data

To remove hhsuite-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hhsuite-doc

Remove hhsuite-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hhsuite-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hhsuite-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hhsuite-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.