How To Install jemboss on Debian 10

Learn how to install jemboss on Debian 10 with this tutorial. jemboss is graphical user interface to EMBOSS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jemboss on Debian 10.

What is jemboss

jemboss is:

EMBOSS is a free Open Source software analysis package specially developed for the needs of the molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety of formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package, it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and release software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also integrates a range of currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis into a seamless whole. EMBOSS breaks the historical trend towards commercial software packages.

Jemboss is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite. It is part of the EMBOSS distribution.

There are three methods to install jemboss on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jemboss Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jemboss

Install jemboss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jemboss

Install jemboss 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 jemboss using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jemboss

How To Uninstall jemboss on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove jemboss

Uninstall jemboss And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jemboss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jemboss

Remove jemboss Configurations and Data

To remove jemboss configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jemboss

Remove jemboss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jemboss

Dependencies

jemboss have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jemboss package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.