How To Install velvetoptimiser on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install velvetoptimiser on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is velvetoptimiser
velvetoptimiser is:
VelvetOptimiser is a multi-threaded Perl script for automatically optimising the three primary parameter options (K, -exp_cov, -cov_cutoff) for the Velvet de novo sequence assembler.
There are three methods to install velvetoptimiser 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 velvetoptimiser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install velvetoptimiser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install velvetoptimiser
Install velvetoptimiser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install velvetoptimiser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install velvetoptimiser
Install velvetoptimiser 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 velvetoptimiser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install velvetoptimiser
How To Uninstall velvetoptimiser on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the velvetoptimiser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove velvetoptimiser
Uninstall velvetoptimiser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall velvetoptimiser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove velvetoptimiser
Remove velvetoptimiser Configurations and Data
To remove velvetoptimiser configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge velvetoptimiser
Remove velvetoptimiser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove velvetoptimiser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge velvetoptimiser
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install velvetoptimiser package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
