How To Install iva on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iva
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is iva
iva is:
IVA is a de novo assembler designed to assemble virus genomes that have no repeat sequences, using Illumina read pairs sequenced from mixed populations at extremely high depth.
IVA’s main algorithm works by iteratively extending contigs using aligned read pairs. Its input can be just read pairs, or additionally you can provide an existing set of contigs to be extended. Alternatively, it can take reads together with a reference sequence.
There are three methods to install iva
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iva Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iva
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iva
Install iva Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iva
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iva
Install iva 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 iva
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iva
How To Uninstall iva on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the iva
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iva
Uninstall iva And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iva
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iva
Remove iva Configurations and Data
To remove iva
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iva
Remove iva configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iva
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iva
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iva
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.