How To Install probcons-extra on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install probcons-extra on Debian 9.

What is probcons-extra

probcons-extra is:

Contains the convert, project and makgnuplot programs from the probcons package, which have been renamed to pc-compare, pc-project and pc-makegnuplot respectively to avoid collisions with other program names. These programs are mostly useful for testing purposes and are not required for the normal usage of Probcons.

Probcons is a tool for generating multiple alignments of protein sequences.

There are three methods to install probcons-extra 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 probcons-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install probcons-extra

Install probcons-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install probcons-extra

Install probcons-extra 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 probcons-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install probcons-extra

How To Uninstall probcons-extra on Debian 9

To uninstall only the probcons-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove probcons-extra

Uninstall probcons-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall probcons-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove probcons-extra

Remove probcons-extra Configurations and Data

To remove probcons-extra configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge probcons-extra

Remove probcons-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge probcons-extra

Dependencies

probcons-extra have the following dependencies:

• probcons
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• probcons-extra website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install probcons-extra package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.