How To Install acedb-other on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other on Ubuntu 22.04. acedb-other is retrieval of DNA or protein sequences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is acedb-other

acedb-other is:

This package collects all those smallish applications that acedb collects under its ‘other’ target of its Makefile.

efetch: presumably short for ’entry fetch’ collects sequence information from common DNA and protein databases.

There are three methods to install acedb-other on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install acedb-other Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acedb-other

Install acedb-other Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acedb-other

Install acedb-other 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 acedb-other using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acedb-other

How To Uninstall acedb-other on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the acedb-other package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acedb-other

Uninstall acedb-other And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acedb-other and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acedb-other

Remove acedb-other Configurations and Data

To remove acedb-other configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acedb-other

Remove acedb-other configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acedb-other

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.