How To Install tantan on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tantan on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tantan
tantan is:
tantan is a tool to mask simple regions (low complexity and short-period tandem repeats) in DNA, RNA, and protein sequences. The aim of tantan is to prevent false predictions when searching for homologous regions between two sequences. Simple repeats often align strongly to each other, causing false homology predictions.
There are three methods to install tantan 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 tantan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tantan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tantan
Install tantan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tantan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tantan
Install tantan 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 tantan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tantan
How To Uninstall tantan on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tantan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tantan
Uninstall tantan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tantan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tantan
Remove tantan Configurations and Data
To remove tantan configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tantan
Remove tantan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tantan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tantan
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tantan package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
