How To Install ugene-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ugene-data on Ubuntu 18.04. ugene-data is required data for UGENE - integrated bioinformatics toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ugene-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ugene-data

ugene-data is:

Unipro UGENE is a cross-platform visual environment for DNA and protein sequence analysis.

This package contains various data and example files for UGENE.

There are three methods to install ugene-data 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 ugene-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ugene-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ugene-data

Install ugene-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ugene-data

Install ugene-data 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 ugene-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ugene-data

How To Uninstall ugene-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ugene-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ugene-data

Uninstall ugene-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ugene-data

Remove ugene-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ugene-data

Remove ugene-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ugene-data

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Summary

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