How To Install libstaden-read11 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaden-read11 on Ubuntu 18.04. libstaden-read11 is Staden library for reading and writing DNA sequencing results

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaden-read11 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libstaden-read11

libstaden-read11 is:

This package contains the Staden io_lib, that is renamed in Debian and Fedora ‘staden-read’ instead of ‘read’. This library supports various DNA sequence read formats, in particular SCF, ABI, ALF, CTF, ZTR, SFF and SRF.

The io_lib from the Staden package is a library of file reading and writing code to provide a general purpose trace file (and Experiment File) reading interface. It has been compiled and tested on a variety of unix systems, MacOS X and MS Windows.

There are three methods to install libstaden-read11 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 libstaden-read11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libstaden-read11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libstaden-read11

Install libstaden-read11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libstaden-read11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libstaden-read11

Install libstaden-read11 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 libstaden-read11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstaden-read11

How To Uninstall libstaden-read11 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libstaden-read11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstaden-read11

Uninstall libstaden-read11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstaden-read11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstaden-read11

Remove libstaden-read11 Configurations and Data

To remove libstaden-read11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstaden-read11

Remove libstaden-read11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libstaden-read11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstaden-read11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaden-read11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.