How To Install libswiss-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libswiss-perl on Debian 9.
What is libswiss-perl
libswiss-perl is:
UniProt, SwissProt and TrEMBL are different views on protein sequence data that is prepared by groups at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Cambridge and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) in Geneva.
The SwissKnife Perl library is used by the developers of these databases to perform all the automated editing and sytax checks. The users of this package will profit from the stable API on an ever evolving representation of biological knowledge.
There are three methods to install libswiss-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libswiss-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libswiss-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libswiss-perl
Install libswiss-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libswiss-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libswiss-perl
Install libswiss-perl 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libswiss-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libswiss-perl
How To Uninstall libswiss-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libswiss-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libswiss-perl
Uninstall libswiss-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libswiss-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libswiss-perl
Remove libswiss-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libswiss-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libswiss-perl
Remove libswiss-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libswiss-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libswiss-perl
Dependencies
libswiss-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libswiss-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.