How To Install libminimap0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminimap0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libminimap0
libminimap0 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 a shared library offering the minimap API to custom C programs.
There are three methods to install libminimap0 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 libminimap0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libminimap0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libminimap0
Install libminimap0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libminimap0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libminimap0
Install libminimap0 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 libminimap0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libminimap0
How To Uninstall libminimap0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libminimap0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libminimap0
Uninstall libminimap0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libminimap0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libminimap0
Remove libminimap0 Configurations and Data
To remove libminimap0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libminimap0
Remove libminimap0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libminimap0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libminimap0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminimap0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
