How To Install mash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mash-doc
mash-doc is:
This package contains further documentation (tutorials, explanations, etc.) for Mash, a MinHash based genome distance estimator. The documentation is provided in HTML format.
There are three methods to install mash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mash-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mash-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mash-doc
Install mash-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mash-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mash-doc
Install mash-doc 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 mash-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mash-doc
How To Uninstall mash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mash-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mash-doc
Uninstall mash-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mash-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mash-doc
Remove mash-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mash-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mash-doc
Remove mash-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mash-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mash-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mash-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.