How To Install hmmer2-pvm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2-pvm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hmmer2-pvm
hmmer2-pvm is:
HMMER is an implementation of profile hidden Markov model methods for sensitive searches of biological sequence databases using multiple sequence alignments as queries.
Given a multiple sequence alignment as input, HMMER builds a statistical model called a “hidden Markov model” which can then be used as a query into a sequence database to find (and/or align) additional homologues of the sequence family.
This package contains HMMER programs compiled with PVM support.
There are three methods to install hmmer2-pvm 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 hmmer2-pvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hmmer2-pvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hmmer2-pvm
Install hmmer2-pvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hmmer2-pvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hmmer2-pvm
Install hmmer2-pvm 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 hmmer2-pvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hmmer2-pvm
How To Uninstall hmmer2-pvm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hmmer2-pvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hmmer2-pvm
Uninstall hmmer2-pvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hmmer2-pvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hmmer2-pvm
Remove hmmer2-pvm Configurations and Data
To remove hmmer2-pvm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hmmer2-pvm
Remove hmmer2-pvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hmmer2-pvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hmmer2-pvm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hmmer2-pvm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
