How To Install seqan-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install seqan-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is seqan-dev
seqan-dev is:
SeqAn is a C++ template library of efficient algorithms and data structures for the analysis of sequences with the focus on biological data. This library applies a unique generic design that guarantees high performance, generality, extensibility, and integration with other libraries. SeqAn is easy to use and simplifies the development of new software tools with a minimal loss of performance.
This package contains the developer files, documentation and examples.
There are three methods to install seqan-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install seqan-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install seqan-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install seqan-dev
Install seqan-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install seqan-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install seqan-dev
Install seqan-dev 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 seqan-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install seqan-dev
How To Uninstall seqan-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the seqan-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove seqan-dev
Uninstall seqan-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall seqan-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove seqan-dev
Remove seqan-dev Configurations and Data
To remove seqan-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge seqan-dev
Remove seqan-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove seqan-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge seqan-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install seqan-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.