How To Install hhsuite-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hhsuite-data on Ubuntu 18.04. hhsuite-data is sensitive protein sequence searching based on HMM-HMM alignment (data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hhsuite-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is hhsuite-data

hhsuite-data is:

HH-suite is an open-source software package for sensitive protein sequence searching based on the pairwise alignment of hidden Markov models (HMMs).

This package contains architecture independent scripts and data files.

There are three methods to install hhsuite-data 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 hhsuite-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hhsuite-data

Install hhsuite-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hhsuite-data

Install hhsuite-data 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 hhsuite-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hhsuite-data

How To Uninstall hhsuite-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the hhsuite-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hhsuite-data

Uninstall hhsuite-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hhsuite-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hhsuite-data

Remove hhsuite-data Configurations and Data

To remove hhsuite-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hhsuite-data

Remove hhsuite-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hhsuite-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hhsuite-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.