How To Install clustal-omega on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install clustal-omega on CentOS 7. clustal-omega is Clustal Omega is a command-line multiple sequence alignment tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clustal-omega on CentOS 7.

What is clustal-omega

Clustal Omega is a command-line multiple sequence alignment tool. The tool is widely used in molecular biology for multiple alignment of both nucleic acid and protein sequences. Clustal Omega is the latest version in the clustal tools for the sequence alignment.

We can use yum or dnf to install clustal-omega on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clustal-omega.

Install clustal-omega on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install clustal-omega using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clustal-omega

Install clustal-omega on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install clustal-omega using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clustal-omega

How To Uninstall clustal-omega on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the clustal-omega package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clustal-omega

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clustal-omega on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.