How To Install emboss-doc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emboss-doc on Debian 10.
What is emboss-doc
emboss-doc is:
EMBOSS is a free Open Source software analysis package specially developed for the needs of the molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety of formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package, it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and release software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also integrates a range of currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis into a seamless whole. EMBOSS breaks the historical trend towards commercial software packages.
This package includes non-essential user documentation for EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite.
There are three methods to install emboss-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install emboss-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emboss-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emboss-doc
Install emboss-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emboss-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emboss-doc
Install emboss-doc 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 emboss-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emboss-doc
How To Uninstall emboss-doc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the emboss-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emboss-doc
Uninstall emboss-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emboss-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emboss-doc
Remove emboss-doc Configurations and Data
To remove emboss-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emboss-doc
Remove emboss-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emboss-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emboss-doc
Dependencies
emboss-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emboss-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.