How To Install cassiopee on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cassiopee on Ubuntu 20.04. cassiopee is index and search tool in genomic sequences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cassiopee on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cassiopee

cassiopee is:

Cassiopee index and search library C implementation. It is a complete rewrite of the ruby Cassiopee gem. It scans an input genomic sequence (dna/rna/protein) and search for a subsequence with exact match or allowing substitutions (Hamming distance) and/or insertion/deletions.

This package contains the cassiopee and cassiopeeknife tools.

There are three methods to install cassiopee on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cassiopee Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cassiopee

Install cassiopee Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cassiopee using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cassiopee

Install cassiopee 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 cassiopee using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cassiopee

How To Uninstall cassiopee on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cassiopee package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cassiopee

Uninstall cassiopee And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cassiopee and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cassiopee

Remove cassiopee Configurations and Data

To remove cassiopee configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cassiopee

Remove cassiopee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cassiopee

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cassiopee package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.