How To Install lambda-align on Debian 12

Learn how to install lambda-align on Debian 12 with this tutorial. lambda-align is Local Aligner for Massive Biological DatA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align on Debian 12.

What is lambda-align

lambda-align is:

Lambda is a local biosequence aligner optimized for many query sequences and searches in protein space. It is compatible to the de facto standard tool BLAST, but often outperforms the best currently available alternatives at reproducing BLAST??s results and is the fastest compared with the current state of the art at comparable levels of sensitivity.

There are three methods to install lambda-align on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lambda-align Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lambda-align

Install lambda-align Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lambda-align

Install lambda-align 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 lambda-align using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lambda-align

How To Uninstall lambda-align on Debian 12

To uninstall only the lambda-align package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lambda-align

Uninstall lambda-align And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lambda-align and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lambda-align

Remove lambda-align Configurations and Data

To remove lambda-align configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lambda-align

Remove lambda-align configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lambda-align

Dependencies

lambda-align have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.