How To Install hmmer2-pvm on Debian 10

Learn how to install hmmer2-pvm on Debian 10 with this tutorial. hmmer2-pvm is HMMER programs with PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2-pvm on Debian 10.

What is hmmer2-pvm

hmmer2-pvm is:

HMMER is an implementation of profile hidden Markov model methods for sensitive searches of biological sequence databases using multiple sequence alignments as queries.

Given a multiple sequence alignment as input, HMMER builds a statistical model called a “hidden Markov model” which can then be used as a query into a sequence database to find (and/or align) additional homologues of the sequence family.

This package contains HMMER programs compiled with PVM support.

There are three methods to install hmmer2-pvm on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hmmer2-pvm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hmmer2-pvm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hmmer2-pvm

Install hmmer2-pvm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hmmer2-pvm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hmmer2-pvm

Install hmmer2-pvm 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 hmmer2-pvm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hmmer2-pvm

How To Uninstall hmmer2-pvm on Debian 10

To uninstall only the hmmer2-pvm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hmmer2-pvm

Uninstall hmmer2-pvm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hmmer2-pvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hmmer2-pvm

Remove hmmer2-pvm Configurations and Data

To remove hmmer2-pvm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hmmer2-pvm

Remove hmmer2-pvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hmmer2-pvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hmmer2-pvm

Dependencies

hmmer2-pvm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2-pvm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.