How To Install bioperl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bioperl
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bioperl
bioperl is:
The Bioperl project is a coordinated effort to collect computational methods routinely used in bioinformatics into a set of standard CPAN-style, well-documented, and freely available Perl modules. It is well-accepted throughout the community and used in many high-profile projects, e.g., Ensembl.
The recommended packages are needed to run some of the included binaries, for a detailed explanation including the specific Perl modules please see README.Debian.
The suggested package enhances the manual pages.
There are three methods to install bioperl
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bioperl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bioperl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bioperl
Install bioperl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bioperl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bioperl
Install bioperl 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 bioperl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bioperl
How To Uninstall bioperl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bioperl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bioperl
Uninstall bioperl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bioperl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bioperl
Remove bioperl Configurations and Data
To remove bioperl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bioperl
Remove bioperl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bioperl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bioperl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bioperl
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.