How To Install rdp-readseq on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdp-readseq on Debian 9.
What is rdp-readseq
rdp-readseq is:
Rdp-readseq is a simple user interface to the sequence reading library developed by the Ribosomal Database Project. It can handle genbank, embl, fasta, fastq, sff and sto files. It can read from files or streams, and can handle indexing files.
The package also contains the ReadSeq Java library which is used by other RDP tools.
There are three methods to install rdp-readseq 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 rdp-readseq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rdp-readseq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rdp-readseq
Install rdp-readseq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rdp-readseq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rdp-readseq
Install rdp-readseq 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 rdp-readseq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rdp-readseq
How To Uninstall rdp-readseq on Debian 9
To uninstall only the rdp-readseq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rdp-readseq
Uninstall rdp-readseq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rdp-readseq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdp-readseq
Remove rdp-readseq Configurations and Data
To remove rdp-readseq configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rdp-readseq
Remove rdp-readseq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rdp-readseq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdp-readseq
Dependencies
rdp-readseq have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdp-readseq package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.