How To Install graphlan on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphlan on Debian 9.
What is graphlan
graphlan is:
GraPhlAn is a software tool for producing high-quality circular representations of taxonomic and phylogenetic trees. It focuses on concise, integrative, informative, and publication-ready representations of phylogenetically- and taxonomically-driven investigation.
There are three methods to install graphlan on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install graphlan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install graphlan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install graphlan
Install graphlan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install graphlan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install graphlan
Install graphlan 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 graphlan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install graphlan
How To Uninstall graphlan on Debian 9
To uninstall only the graphlan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove graphlan
Uninstall graphlan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall graphlan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphlan
Remove graphlan Configurations and Data
To remove graphlan configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge graphlan
Remove graphlan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove graphlan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphlan
Dependencies
graphlan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphlan package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.