How To Install microbiomeutil on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install microbiomeutil on Ubuntu 22.04. microbiomeutil is Microbiome Analysis Utilities

Introduction

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

What is microbiomeutil

microbiomeutil is:

The microbiomeutil package comes with the following utilities:

  • ChimeraSlayer: ChimeraSlayer for chimera detection.
  • NAST-iEr: NAST-based alignment tool.
  • WigeoN: A reimplementation of the Pintail 16S anomaly detection utility
  • RESOURCES: Reference 16S sequences and NAST-alignments that the tools above leverage.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install microbiomeutil

Install microbiomeutil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install microbiomeutil

Install microbiomeutil 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 microbiomeutil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install microbiomeutil

How To Uninstall microbiomeutil on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove microbiomeutil

Uninstall microbiomeutil And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove microbiomeutil

Remove microbiomeutil Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge microbiomeutil

Remove microbiomeutil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microbiomeutil

References

Summary

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