How To Install rate4site on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rate4site on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rate4site
rate4site is:
Rate4Site calculates the relative evolutionary rate at each site using a probabilistic-based evolutionary model. This allows taking into account the stochastic process underlying sequence evolution within protein families and the phylogenetic tree of the proteins in the family. The conservation score at a site corresponds to the site’s evolutionary rate.
There are three methods to install rate4site 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 rate4site Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rate4site using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rate4site
Install rate4site Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rate4site using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rate4site
Install rate4site 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 rate4site using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rate4site
How To Uninstall rate4site on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rate4site package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rate4site
Uninstall rate4site And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rate4site and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rate4site
Remove rate4site Configurations and Data
To remove rate4site configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rate4site
Remove rate4site configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rate4site configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rate4site
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rate4site package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
