How To Install subread on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install subread
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is subread
subread is:
Subread aligner can be used to align both gDNA-seq and RNA-seq reads. Subjunc aligner was specified designed for the detection of exon-exon junction. For the mapping of RNA-seq reads, Subread performs local alignments and Subjunc performs global alignments.
There are three methods to install subread
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 subread Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install subread
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install subread
Install subread Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install subread
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install subread
Install subread 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 subread
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install subread
How To Uninstall subread on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the subread
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove subread
Uninstall subread And Its Dependencies
To uninstall subread
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove subread
Remove subread Configurations and Data
To remove subread
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge subread
Remove subread configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove subread
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subread
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subread
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.