How To Install embassy-domalign on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install embassy-domalign on Ubuntu 18.04. embassy-domalign is Extra EMBOSS commands for protein domain alignment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install embassy-domalign on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is embassy-domalign

embassy-domalign is:

The DOMALIGN programs were developed by Jon Ison and colleagues at MRC HGMP for their protein domain research. They are included as an EMBASSY package as a work in progress.

Applications in the current domalign release are allversusall (sequence similarity data from all-versus-all comparison), domainalign (generates alignments (DAF file) for nodes in a DCF file), domainrep (reorders DCF file to identify representative structures) and seqalign (extend alignments (DAF file) with sequences (DHF file)).

There are three methods to install embassy-domalign 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 embassy-domalign Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install embassy-domalign

Install embassy-domalign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install embassy-domalign

Install embassy-domalign 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 embassy-domalign using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install embassy-domalign

How To Uninstall embassy-domalign on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the embassy-domalign package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove embassy-domalign

Uninstall embassy-domalign And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove embassy-domalign

Remove embassy-domalign Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge embassy-domalign

Remove embassy-domalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge embassy-domalign

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Summary

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