How To Install kalign on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kalign
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kalign
kalign is:
Kalign is a command line tool to perform multiple alignment of biological sequences. It employs the Muth-Manber string-matching algorithm, to improve both the accuracy and speed of the alignment. It uses global, progressive alignment approach, enriched by employing an approximate string-matching algorithm to calculate sequence distances and by incorporating local matches into the otherwise global alignment.
There are three methods to install kalign
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 kalign Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kalign
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kalign
Install kalign Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kalign
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kalign
Install kalign 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 kalign
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kalign
How To Uninstall kalign on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kalign
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kalign
Uninstall kalign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kalign
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kalign
Remove kalign Configurations and Data
To remove kalign
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kalign
Remove kalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kalign
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kalign
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kalign
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.