How To Install lambda-align2 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align2 on Debian 11. lambda-align2 is Local Aligner for Massive Biological DatA - v2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align2 on Debian 11.

What is lambda-align2

lambda-align2 is:

Lambda2 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.

This package is for the Lambda (align) v2.x series which has an incompatible command line interface and on disk format from Lambda (align) v1.x.

There are three methods to install lambda-align2 on Debian 11. 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-align2 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-align2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lambda-align2

Install lambda-align2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lambda-align2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lambda-align2

Install lambda-align2 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-align2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lambda-align2

How To Uninstall lambda-align2 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lambda-align2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lambda-align2

Uninstall lambda-align2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lambda-align2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lambda-align2

Remove lambda-align2 Configurations and Data

To remove lambda-align2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lambda-align2

Remove lambda-align2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lambda-align2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lambda-align2

Dependencies

lambda-align2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.