How To Install librostlab-blast-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. librostlab-blast-doc is very fast C++ library for parsing the output of NCBI BLAST programs (doc)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librostlab-blast-doc

librostlab-blast-doc is:

This package provides a very fast library for parsing the default output of NCBI BLAST programs into a C++ structure.

libzerg is faster, but it provides only lexing (i.e. it only returns pairs of token identifiers and token string values). librostlab-blast uses a parser generated with bison on top of a flex-generated lexer very similar to that of libzerg.

This package contains html and pdf documentation.

There are three methods to install librostlab-blast-doc 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 librostlab-blast-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librostlab-blast-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librostlab-blast-doc

Install librostlab-blast-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librostlab-blast-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librostlab-blast-doc

Install librostlab-blast-doc 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 librostlab-blast-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librostlab-blast-doc

How To Uninstall librostlab-blast-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librostlab-blast-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librostlab-blast-doc

Uninstall librostlab-blast-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librostlab-blast-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librostlab-blast-doc

Remove librostlab-blast-doc Configurations and Data

To remove librostlab-blast-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librostlab-blast-doc

Remove librostlab-blast-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librostlab-blast-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librostlab-blast-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.