How To Install smithwaterman on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smithwaterman on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is smithwaterman
smithwaterman is:
The Smith–Waterman algorithm performs local sequence alignment; that is, for determining similar regions between two strings or nucleotide or protein sequences. Instead of looking at the total sequence, the Smith–Waterman algorithm compares segments of all possible lengths and optimizes the similarity measure.
There are three methods to install smithwaterman 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 smithwaterman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smithwaterman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smithwaterman
Install smithwaterman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smithwaterman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smithwaterman
Install smithwaterman 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 smithwaterman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smithwaterman
How To Uninstall smithwaterman on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the smithwaterman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smithwaterman
Uninstall smithwaterman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smithwaterman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smithwaterman
Remove smithwaterman Configurations and Data
To remove smithwaterman configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smithwaterman
Remove smithwaterman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smithwaterman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smithwaterman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smithwaterman package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
