How To Install aegean-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aegean-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. aegean-dbg is integrated genome analysis toolkit, with debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aegean-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is aegean-dbg

aegean-dbg is:

This package contains debug information stripped from AEGeAn. You may decide to install it to help identifying issues, typically to help communication with upstream developers.

There are three methods to install aegean-dbg 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 aegean-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aegean-dbg

Install aegean-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aegean-dbg

Install aegean-dbg 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 aegean-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aegean-dbg

How To Uninstall aegean-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the aegean-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aegean-dbg

Uninstall aegean-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aegean-dbg

Remove aegean-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aegean-dbg

Remove aegean-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aegean-dbg

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Summary

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