How To Install cwl-upgrader on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwl-upgrader on Ubuntu 22.04. cwl-upgrader is Common Workflow Language standalone document upgrader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwl-upgrader on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cwl-upgrader

cwl-upgrader is:

cwl-upgrader is a standalone upgrader for Common Workflow Language documents from draft-3, v1.0, and v1.1 to v1.2.

It does not check for correctness of the input document, for that one can use the CWL reference implementation available for Debian in package cwltool.

The Common Workflow Language (CWL) is a standard for describing computational data-analysis workflows, aiming to allow the creation of a workflow that is portable and thus may be run reproducibly in different computational environments.

There are three methods to install cwl-upgrader 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 cwl-upgrader Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cwl-upgrader

Install cwl-upgrader Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cwl-upgrader

Install cwl-upgrader 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 cwl-upgrader using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cwl-upgrader

How To Uninstall cwl-upgrader on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cwl-upgrader package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cwl-upgrader

Uninstall cwl-upgrader And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cwl-upgrader

Remove cwl-upgrader Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cwl-upgrader

Remove cwl-upgrader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cwl-upgrader

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Summary

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