How To Install simka on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install simka
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is simka
simka is:
Simka is a de novo comparative metagenomics tool. Simka represents each dataset as a k-mer spectrum and compute several classical ecological distances between them.
There are three methods to install simka
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 simka Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install simka
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install simka
Install simka Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install simka
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install simka
Install simka 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 simka
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install simka
How To Uninstall simka on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the simka
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove simka
Uninstall simka And Its Dependencies
To uninstall simka
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove simka
Remove simka Configurations and Data
To remove simka
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge simka
Remove simka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove simka
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simka
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install simka
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.