How To Install biomaj on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install biomaj on Debian 9. biomaj is biological data-bank updater

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install biomaj on Debian 9.

What is `biomaj`

biomaj is:

BioMAJ downloads remote data banks, checks their status and applies transformation workflows, with consistent state, to provide ready-to-use data for biologists and bioinformaticians. For example, it can transform original FASTA files into BLAST indexes. It is very flexible and its post-processing facilities can be extended very easily.

There are three methods to install biomaj on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install biomaj Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install biomaj

Install biomaj Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install biomaj

Install biomaj 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 biomaj using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install biomaj

How To Uninstall biomaj on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove biomaj

Uninstall biomaj And Its Dependencies

To uninstall biomaj and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove biomaj

Remove biomaj Configurations and Data

To remove biomaj configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge biomaj

Remove biomaj configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge biomaj

Dependencies

biomaj have the following dependencies:

References

biomaj website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install biomaj package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.