How To Install qtltools-example on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtltools-example on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qtltools-example
qtltools-example is:
QTLtools is a tool set for molecular Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) discovery and analysis. It allows user to go from the raw sequence data to collection of molecular QTL in few easy-to-perform steps. QTLtools contains multiple methods to prepare the data, to discover proximal and distal molecular QTL and to finally integrate them with GWAS variants and functional annotations of the genome.
This package provides example data to work with QTLtools.
There are three methods to install qtltools-example 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 qtltools-example Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtltools-example using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtltools-example
Install qtltools-example Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtltools-example using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtltools-example
Install qtltools-example 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 qtltools-example using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtltools-example
How To Uninstall qtltools-example on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qtltools-example package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtltools-example
Uninstall qtltools-example And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtltools-example and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtltools-example
Remove qtltools-example Configurations and Data
To remove qtltools-example configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtltools-example
Remove qtltools-example configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtltools-example configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtltools-example
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtltools-example package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
