How To Install libmems-1.6-1v5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmems-1.6-1v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmems-1.6-1v5
libmems-1.6-1v5 is:
libMems is a freely available software development library to support DNA string matching and comparative genomics. Among other things, libMems implements an algorithm to perform approximate multi-MUM and multi-MEM identification. The algorithm uses spaced seed patterns in conjunction with a seed-and-extend style hashing method to identify matches. The method is efficient, requiring a maximum of only 16 bytes per base of the largest input sequence, and this data can be stored externally (i.e. on disk) to further reduce memory requirements.
This package contains the dynamic library.
There are three methods to install libmems-1.6-1v5 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 libmems-1.6-1v5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmems-1.6-1v5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmems-1.6-1v5
Install libmems-1.6-1v5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmems-1.6-1v5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmems-1.6-1v5
Install libmems-1.6-1v5 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 libmems-1.6-1v5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmems-1.6-1v5
How To Uninstall libmems-1.6-1v5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmems-1.6-1v5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmems-1.6-1v5
Uninstall libmems-1.6-1v5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmems-1.6-1v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmems-1.6-1v5
Remove libmems-1.6-1v5 Configurations and Data
To remove libmems-1.6-1v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmems-1.6-1v5
Remove libmems-1.6-1v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmems-1.6-1v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmems-1.6-1v5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmems-1.6-1v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
