How To Install proda on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install proda on Debian 9. proda is multiple alignment of protein sequences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proda on Debian 9.

What is proda

proda is:

ProDA is a system for automated detection and alignment of homologous regions in collections of proteins with arbitrary domain architectures. Given an input set of unaligned sequences, ProDA identifies all homologous regions appearing in one or more sequences, and returns a collection of local multiple alignments for these regions.

There are three methods to install proda 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 proda Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install proda

Install proda Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install proda using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install proda

Install proda 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 proda using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install proda

How To Uninstall proda on Debian 9

To uninstall only the proda package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove proda

Uninstall proda And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proda

Remove proda Configurations and Data

To remove proda configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge proda

Remove proda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proda

Dependencies

proda have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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