How To Install smrtanalysis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install smrtanalysis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. smrtanalysis-dev is develepment libraries for smrtanalysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smrtanalysis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is smrtanalysis-dev

smrtanalysis-dev is:

SMRT® Analysis is a powerful, open-source bioinformatics software suite available for analysis of DNA sequencing data from Pacific Biosciences’ SMRT technology. Users can choose from a variety of analysis protocols that utilize PacBio® and third-party tools. Analysis protocols include de novo genome assembly, cDNA mapping, DNA base-modification detection, and long-amplicon analysis to determine phased consensus sequences.

This is a metapackage that depends on the SMRTAnalysis development tools.

There are three methods to install smrtanalysis-dev 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 smrtanalysis-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 smrtanalysis-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install smrtanalysis-dev

Install smrtanalysis-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smrtanalysis-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smrtanalysis-dev

Install smrtanalysis-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 smrtanalysis-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smrtanalysis-dev

How To Uninstall smrtanalysis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the smrtanalysis-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smrtanalysis-dev

Uninstall smrtanalysis-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smrtanalysis-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smrtanalysis-dev

Remove smrtanalysis-dev Configurations and Data

To remove smrtanalysis-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smrtanalysis-dev

Remove smrtanalysis-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove smrtanalysis-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smrtanalysis-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smrtanalysis-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.