How To Install libvamsas-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvamsas-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libvamsas-client-java is library for phylogenetic tasks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvamsas-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libvamsas-client-java

libvamsas-client-java is:

Vamsas, for Visualisation and Analysis of Molecular Sequences, Alignments and Structures is a Java library aiming to facilitate the communication between phylogeny and protein structure communities via the provision of easy to use tools for complex methods.

There are three methods to install libvamsas-client-java 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 libvamsas-client-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvamsas-client-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvamsas-client-java

Install libvamsas-client-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvamsas-client-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvamsas-client-java

Install libvamsas-client-java 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 libvamsas-client-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvamsas-client-java

How To Uninstall libvamsas-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libvamsas-client-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvamsas-client-java

Uninstall libvamsas-client-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvamsas-client-java

Remove libvamsas-client-java Configurations and Data

To remove libvamsas-client-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvamsas-client-java

Remove libvamsas-client-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvamsas-client-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvamsas-client-java

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Summary

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