How To Install profnet-snapfun on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install profnet-snapfun on Ubuntu 18.04. profnet-snapfun is neural network architecture for snapfun

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install profnet-snapfun on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is profnet-snapfun

profnet-snapfun is:

Profnet is a component of the prediction methods that make up the Predict Protein service by the lab of Burkhard Rost. It provides the neural network component to a variety of predictors that perform protein feature prediction directly from sequence. This neural network implementation has to be compiled for every different network architecture.

This package contains the neural network architecture for snapfun.

There are three methods to install profnet-snapfun 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 profnet-snapfun Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install profnet-snapfun

Install profnet-snapfun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install profnet-snapfun

Install profnet-snapfun 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 profnet-snapfun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install profnet-snapfun

How To Uninstall profnet-snapfun on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the profnet-snapfun package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove profnet-snapfun

Uninstall profnet-snapfun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove profnet-snapfun

Remove profnet-snapfun Configurations and Data

To remove profnet-snapfun configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge profnet-snapfun

Remove profnet-snapfun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge profnet-snapfun

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Summary

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