How To Install emboss-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emboss-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is emboss-doc
emboss-doc is:
This package includes non-essential user documentation for EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite.
There are three methods to install emboss-doc 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 emboss-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emboss-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emboss-doc
Install emboss-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emboss-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emboss-doc
Install emboss-doc 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 emboss-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emboss-doc
How To Uninstall emboss-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the emboss-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emboss-doc
Uninstall emboss-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emboss-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emboss-doc
Remove emboss-doc Configurations and Data
To remove emboss-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emboss-doc
Remove emboss-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emboss-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emboss-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emboss-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
