How To Install gbrowse-calign on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbrowse-calign on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gbrowse-calign
gbrowse-calign is:
Generic Genome Browser is a simple but highly configurable web-based genome browser. It is a component of the Generic Model Organism Systems Database project (GMOD).
This package provides the CAlign helper for use with Realign. It speeds up Smith-Waterman alignment.
There are three methods to install gbrowse-calign on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gbrowse-calign Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gbrowse-calign using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gbrowse-calign
Install gbrowse-calign Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gbrowse-calign using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gbrowse-calign
Install gbrowse-calign 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 gbrowse-calign using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gbrowse-calign
How To Uninstall gbrowse-calign on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gbrowse-calign package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gbrowse-calign
Uninstall gbrowse-calign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gbrowse-calign and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbrowse-calign
Remove gbrowse-calign Configurations and Data
To remove gbrowse-calign configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gbrowse-calign
Remove gbrowse-calign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gbrowse-calign configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbrowse-calign
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbrowse-calign package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
