How To Install rnahybrid on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rnahybrid on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rnahybrid
rnahybrid is:
RNAhybrid is a tool for finding the minimum free energy hybridisation of a long and a short RNA. The hybridisation is performed in a kind of domain mode, ie. The short sequence is hybridised to the best fitting part of the long one. The tool is primarily meant as a means for microRNA target prediction.
There are three methods to install rnahybrid 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 rnahybrid Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rnahybrid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rnahybrid
Install rnahybrid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rnahybrid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rnahybrid
Install rnahybrid 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 rnahybrid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rnahybrid
How To Uninstall rnahybrid on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rnahybrid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rnahybrid
Uninstall rnahybrid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rnahybrid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rnahybrid
Remove rnahybrid Configurations and Data
To remove rnahybrid configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rnahybrid
Remove rnahybrid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rnahybrid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rnahybrid
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rnahybrid package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
