How To Install hmmer2 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2 on Debian 11. hmmer2 is profile hidden Markov models for protein sequence analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2 on Debian 11.

What is hmmer2

hmmer2 is:

HMMER is an implementation of profile hidden Markov model methods for sensitive searches of biological sequence databases using multiple sequence alignments as queries.

Given a multiple sequence alignment as input, HMMER builds a statistical model called a “hidden Markov model” which can then be used as a query into a sequence database to find (and/or align) additional homologues of the sequence family.

There are three methods to install hmmer2 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 hmmer2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hmmer2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hmmer2

Install hmmer2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hmmer2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hmmer2

Install hmmer2 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 hmmer2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hmmer2

How To Uninstall hmmer2 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the hmmer2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hmmer2

Uninstall hmmer2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hmmer2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hmmer2

Remove hmmer2 Configurations and Data

To remove hmmer2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hmmer2

Remove hmmer2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hmmer2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hmmer2

Dependencies

hmmer2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.