How To Install beagle on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install beagle on Ubuntu 22.04. beagle is Genotype calling, genotype phasing and imputation of ungenotyped markers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install beagle on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is beagle

beagle is:

Beagle performs genotype calling, genotype phasing, imputation of ungenotyped markers, and identity-by-descent segment detection. Genotypic imputation works on phased haplotypes using a Li and Stephens haplotype frequency model. Beagle also implements the Refined IBD algorithm for detecting homozygosity-by-descent (HBD) and identity-by-descent (IBD) segments.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install beagle

Install beagle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install beagle

Install beagle 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 beagle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install beagle

How To Uninstall beagle on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove beagle

Uninstall beagle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove beagle

Remove beagle Configurations and Data

To remove beagle configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge beagle

Remove beagle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge beagle

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Summary

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