How To Install bio-rainbow on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bio-rainbow on Ubuntu 18.04. bio-rainbow is clustering and assembling short reads for bioinformatics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bio-rainbow on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is bio-rainbow

bio-rainbow is:

Efficient tool for clustering and assembling short reads, especially for RAD.

There are three methods to install bio-rainbow 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 bio-rainbow Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bio-rainbow

Install bio-rainbow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bio-rainbow

Install bio-rainbow 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 bio-rainbow using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bio-rainbow

How To Uninstall bio-rainbow on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the bio-rainbow package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bio-rainbow

Uninstall bio-rainbow And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bio-rainbow

Remove bio-rainbow Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bio-rainbow

Remove bio-rainbow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bio-rainbow

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Summary

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