How To Install zalign on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install zalign on Debian 9. zalign is parallel local alignment of biological sequences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zalign on Debian 9.

What is zalign

zalign is:

zAlign is a local sequence aligner, especially intended for use with large biological DNA sequences, with more than 1Mbp (Millions of base pairs). It uses the Smith-Waterman exact algorithm with affine gap cost function to perform this task.

zAlign can be used both in distributed (clusters, for example) or standalone environments. Currently it has been tested on Linux and Sun Solaris, using both the MPICH (http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpi/mpich1/) and OpenMPI (http://www.open-mpi.org/) implementations. Ports for other Unix-like environments are highly considered.

There are three methods to install zalign 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 zalign Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zalign

Install zalign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zalign

Install zalign 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 zalign using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zalign

How To Uninstall zalign on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove zalign

Uninstall zalign And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zalign

Remove zalign Configurations and Data

To remove zalign configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zalign

Remove zalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zalign

Dependencies

zalign have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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