How To Install libminimap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminimap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libminimap-dev
libminimap-dev is:
Minimap is an experimental tool to efficiently find multiple approximate mapping positions between two sets of long sequences, such as between DNA reads and reference genomes, between genomes and between long noisy reads.
This package contains the C library headers for using minimap in custom tools, along with a static library.
There are three methods to install libminimap-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 libminimap-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 libminimap-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libminimap-dev
Install libminimap-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libminimap-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libminimap-dev
Install libminimap-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 libminimap-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libminimap-dev
How To Uninstall libminimap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libminimap-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libminimap-dev
Uninstall libminimap-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libminimap-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libminimap-dev
Remove libminimap-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libminimap-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libminimap-dev
Remove libminimap-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libminimap-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libminimap-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminimap-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
