How To Install libspoa3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspoa3 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libspoa3
libspoa3 is:
Spoa (SIMD POA) is a c++ implementation of the partial order alignment (POA) algorithm (as described in 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.3.452) which is used to generate consensus sequences (as described in 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg109). It supports three alignment modes: local (Smith-Waterman), global (Needleman-Wunsch) and semi-global alignment (overlap).
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libspoa3 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 libspoa3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspoa3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspoa3
Install libspoa3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspoa3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspoa3
Install libspoa3 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 libspoa3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspoa3
How To Uninstall libspoa3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libspoa3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspoa3
Uninstall libspoa3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspoa3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspoa3
Remove libspoa3 Configurations and Data
To remove libspoa3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspoa3
Remove libspoa3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspoa3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspoa3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspoa3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
