How To Install clustalx on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clustalx on Debian 11.
What is clustalx
clustalx is:
This package offers a GUI interface for the Clustal multiple sequence alignment program. It provides an integrated environment for performing multiple sequence- and profile-alignments to analyse the results. The sequence alignment is displayed in a window on the screen. A versatile coloring scheme has been incorporated to highlight conserved features in the alignment. For professional presentations, one should use the texshade LaTeX package or boxshade.
The pull-down menus at the top of the window allow you to select all the options required for traditional multiple sequence and profile alignment. You can cut-and-paste sequences to change the order of the alignment; you can select a subset of sequences to be aligned; you can select a sub-range of the alignment to be realigned and inserted back into the original alignment.
An alignment quality analysis can be performed and low-scoring segments or exceptional residues can be highlighted.
There are three methods to install clustalx on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install clustalx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clustalx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clustalx
Install clustalx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clustalx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clustalx
Install clustalx 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 clustalx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clustalx
How To Uninstall clustalx on Debian 11
To uninstall only the clustalx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clustalx
Uninstall clustalx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clustalx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clustalx
Remove clustalx Configurations and Data
To remove clustalx configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clustalx
Remove clustalx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clustalx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clustalx
Dependencies
clustalx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clustalx package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
