How To Install relion-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install relion-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is relion-bin
relion-bin is:
RELION (for REgularised LIkelihood OptimisatioN) is a stand-alone computer program for Maximum A Posteriori refinement of (multiple) 3D reconstructions or 2D class averages in cryo-electron microscopy.
RELION provides a GUI, several command-line tools in parallel (MPI) and serial versions as well as a C++ API.
relion-bin provides the serial command-line tools
There are three methods to install relion-bin 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 relion-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install relion-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install relion-bin
Install relion-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install relion-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install relion-bin
Install relion-bin 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 relion-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install relion-bin
How To Uninstall relion-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the relion-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove relion-bin
Uninstall relion-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall relion-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove relion-bin
Remove relion-bin Configurations and Data
To remove relion-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge relion-bin
Remove relion-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove relion-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge relion-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install relion-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
