How To Install libmuscle-3.7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuscle-3.7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmuscle-3.7-dev
libmuscle-3.7-dev is:
MUSCLE is a multiple alignment program for protein sequences. MUSCLE stands for multiple sequence comparison by log-expectation. In the authors tests, MUSCLE achieved the highest scores of all tested programs on several alignment accuracy benchmarks, and is also one of the fastest programs out there.
This library was derived from the original MUSCLE and turned into a library.
This package contains the static library and header files.
There are three methods to install libmuscle-3.7-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 libmuscle-3.7-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 libmuscle-3.7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmuscle-3.7-dev
Install libmuscle-3.7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmuscle-3.7-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmuscle-3.7-dev
Install libmuscle-3.7-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 libmuscle-3.7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmuscle-3.7-dev
How To Uninstall libmuscle-3.7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmuscle-3.7-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmuscle-3.7-dev
Uninstall libmuscle-3.7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmuscle-3.7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmuscle-3.7-dev
Remove libmuscle-3.7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmuscle-3.7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmuscle-3.7-dev
Remove libmuscle-3.7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmuscle-3.7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmuscle-3.7-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuscle-3.7-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
