How To Install daligner on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install daligner on Ubuntu 22.04. daligner is local alignment discovery between long nucleotide sequencing reads

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daligner on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is daligner

daligner is:

These tools permit one to find all significant local alignments between reads encoded in a Dazzler database. The assumption is that the reads are from a Pacific Biosciences RS II long read sequencer. That is, the reads are long and noisy, up to 15% on average.

There are three methods to install daligner 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 daligner Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install daligner

Install daligner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install daligner

Install daligner 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 daligner using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install daligner

How To Uninstall daligner on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove daligner

Uninstall daligner And Its Dependencies

To uninstall daligner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove daligner

Remove daligner Configurations and Data

To remove daligner configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge daligner

Remove daligner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daligner

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daligner package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.