How To Install libssw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libssw-dev
libssw-dev is:
This package provides development headers and static libraries for libssw, a fast implementation of the Smith-Waterman algorithm using Single-Instruction Multiple-Data (SIMD) instructions to parallelize the algorithm at the instruction level.
There are three methods to install libssw-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 libssw-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 libssw-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libssw-dev
Install libssw-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libssw-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libssw-dev
Install libssw-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 libssw-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libssw-dev
How To Uninstall libssw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libssw-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libssw-dev
Uninstall libssw-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libssw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libssw-dev
Remove libssw-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libssw-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libssw-dev
Remove libssw-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libssw-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libssw-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssw-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
