How To Install genometools-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genometools-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is genometools-common
genometools-common is:
This package contains configuration files such as alphabet transformations, style files, etc. required to use the GenomeTools executable and/or library.
There are three methods to install genometools-common 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 genometools-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install genometools-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install genometools-common
Install genometools-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install genometools-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install genometools-common
Install genometools-common 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 genometools-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install genometools-common
How To Uninstall genometools-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the genometools-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove genometools-common
Uninstall genometools-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall genometools-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove genometools-common
Remove genometools-common Configurations and Data
To remove genometools-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge genometools-common
Remove genometools-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove genometools-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genometools-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genometools-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
