How To Install libgenome-1.3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgenome-1.3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgenome-1.3-dev
libgenome-1.3-dev is:
libGenome is a freely available toolkit for developing bioinformatic related software in C++. It is intended to take the hassle out of performing common tasks on genetic sequence and annotation data.
Among other things, libGenome can help you:
- Read and write Multi-FastA format files
- Read and write GenBank flat file database entries
- Append, chop, truncate, reverse, complement, translate, and otherwise mangle sequence data
- Access annotation in GenBank flat files
This is the development package containing the statically linked library and the header files.
There are three methods to install libgenome-1.3-dev 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 libgenome-1.3-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgenome-1.3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgenome-1.3-dev
Install libgenome-1.3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgenome-1.3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgenome-1.3-dev
Install libgenome-1.3-dev 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 libgenome-1.3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgenome-1.3-dev
How To Uninstall libgenome-1.3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgenome-1.3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgenome-1.3-dev
Uninstall libgenome-1.3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgenome-1.3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgenome-1.3-dev
Remove libgenome-1.3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgenome-1.3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgenome-1.3-dev
Remove libgenome-1.3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgenome-1.3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgenome-1.3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgenome-1.3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
