How To Install mobyle on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mobyle on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mobyle
mobyle is:
Mobyle is a framework and web portal specifically aimed at the integration of bioinformatics software and databanks. It generates a web interface from an xml description for command-line based tools. It can submit jobs locally or using DRM systems.
This package will restart Apache after enabling the ‘rewrite’ and ‘headers’ modules.
The Mobyle project is now considered a legacy project and the code, although still available, will no longer maintained after december 31st, 2016.
There are three methods to install mobyle 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 mobyle Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mobyle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mobyle
Install mobyle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mobyle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mobyle
Install mobyle 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 mobyle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mobyle
How To Uninstall mobyle on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mobyle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mobyle
Uninstall mobyle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mobyle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mobyle
Remove mobyle Configurations and Data
To remove mobyle configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mobyle
Remove mobyle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mobyle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mobyle
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mobyle package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
