How To Install libseqlib1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libseqlib1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libseqlib1 is C++ htslib/bwa-mem/fermi interface for interrogating sequence data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libseqlib1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libseqlib1

libseqlib1 is:

C++ API and command line tool that provides a rapid and user-friendly interface to BAM/SAM/CRAM files, global sequence alignment operations and sequence assembly. Four C libraries perform core operations in SeqLib: HTSlib for BAM access, BWA-MEM and BLAT for sequence alignment and Fermi for error correction and sequence assembly. Benchmarking indicates that SeqLib has lower CPU and memory requirements than leading C++ sequence analysis APIs. Minimal SeqLib code can extract, error-correct and assemble reads from a CRAM file and then align with BWA-MEM. SeqLib also provides additional capabilities, including chromosome-aware interval queries and read plotting. Command line tools are available for performing integrated error correction, micro-assemblies and alignment.

There are three methods to install libseqlib1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libseqlib1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libseqlib1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libseqlib1

Install libseqlib1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libseqlib1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libseqlib1

Install libseqlib1 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 libseqlib1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libseqlib1

How To Uninstall libseqlib1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libseqlib1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libseqlib1

Uninstall libseqlib1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libseqlib1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libseqlib1

Remove libseqlib1 Configurations and Data

To remove libseqlib1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libseqlib1

Remove libseqlib1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libseqlib1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libseqlib1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libseqlib1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.