How To Install ltrsift-examples on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrsift-examples on Debian 9. ltrsift-examples is example data for LTRsift

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrsift-examples on Debian 9.

What is ltrsift-examples

ltrsift-examples is:

This package contains test sequences (gzipped FASTA) and annotations (GFF3) from the Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) genome, to be used in an example process of postprocessing and classification of newly detected LTR retrotransposons. Scripts for using LTRsift to encode the sequences into a format accepted by LTRsift are included as well.

There are three methods to install ltrsift-examples on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ltrsift-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ltrsift-examples

Install ltrsift-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ltrsift-examples

Install ltrsift-examples 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 ltrsift-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ltrsift-examples

How To Uninstall ltrsift-examples on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ltrsift-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ltrsift-examples

Uninstall ltrsift-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ltrsift-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ltrsift-examples

Remove ltrsift-examples Configurations and Data

To remove ltrsift-examples configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ltrsift-examples

Remove ltrsift-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ltrsift-examples

Dependencies

ltrsift-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrsift-examples package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.