How To Install librostlab-blast0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librostlab-blast0-dev
librostlab-blast0-dev 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 files necessary for developing applications with librostlab-blast.
There are three methods to install librostlab-blast0-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 librostlab-blast0-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 librostlab-blast0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librostlab-blast0-dev
Install librostlab-blast0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librostlab-blast0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librostlab-blast0-dev
Install librostlab-blast0-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 librostlab-blast0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librostlab-blast0-dev
How To Uninstall librostlab-blast0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librostlab-blast0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librostlab-blast0-dev
Uninstall librostlab-blast0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librostlab-blast0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librostlab-blast0-dev
Remove librostlab-blast0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librostlab-blast0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librostlab-blast0-dev
Remove librostlab-blast0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librostlab-blast0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librostlab-blast0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
