How To Install libsquizz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquizz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsquizz
libsquizz is:
Squizz is a sequence/alignment format checker, but it has some conversion capabilities too. Most common sequence and alignment formats are supported :
- EMBL, FASTA, GCG, GDE, GENBANK, IG, NBRF, PIR (codata), RAW, and SWISSPROT.
- CLUSTAL, FASTA, MEGA, MSF, NEXUS, PHYLIP (interleaved and sequential) and STOCKHOLM.
This package provides required libs for squizz binary
There are three methods to install libsquizz 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 libsquizz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsquizz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsquizz
Install libsquizz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsquizz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsquizz
Install libsquizz 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 libsquizz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsquizz
How To Uninstall libsquizz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsquizz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsquizz
Uninstall libsquizz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsquizz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquizz
Remove libsquizz Configurations and Data
To remove libsquizz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsquizz
Remove libsquizz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsquizz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsquizz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquizz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
