How To Install libhmmer2-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libhmmer2-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libhmmer2-dev is profile hidden Markov models for protein sequence analysis (devel)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhmmer2-dev on Debian 10.

What is libhmmer2-dev

libhmmer2-dev 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 header files and static library that can be used to link against libhmmer.

There are three methods to install libhmmer2-dev 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 libhmmer2-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhmmer2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhmmer2-dev

Install libhmmer2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhmmer2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhmmer2-dev

Install libhmmer2-dev 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 libhmmer2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhmmer2-dev

How To Uninstall libhmmer2-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libhmmer2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhmmer2-dev

Uninstall libhmmer2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhmmer2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhmmer2-dev

Remove libhmmer2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libhmmer2-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhmmer2-dev

Remove libhmmer2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhmmer2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhmmer2-dev

Dependencies

libhmmer2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhmmer2-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.