How To Install readseq on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install readseq on Debian 9.
What is readseq
readseq is:
Reads and writes nucleic/protein sequences in various formats. Data files may have multiple sequences. Readseq is particularly useful as it automatically detects many sequence formats, and converts between them.
There are three methods to install 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 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 readseq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install readseq
Install readseq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install readseq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install readseq
Install 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 readseq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install readseq
How To Uninstall readseq on Debian 9
To uninstall only the readseq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove readseq
Uninstall readseq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall readseq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove readseq
Remove readseq Configurations and Data
To remove readseq configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge readseq
Remove readseq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove readseq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge readseq
Dependencies
readseq have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install readseq package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.