How To Install mirtop on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirtop on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mirtop
mirtop is:
The main goal of this project is to create a reflection group on metazoan microRNAs (miRNAs), open to all interested researchers, to identify blockages and develop standards and guidelines to improve miRNA research, resources and communication. This can go through the use of standardized file formats, gene and variants nomenclature guidelines, and advancements in miRNA biology understanding. The group will eventually also aim at expanding its breadth to the development of novel tools, data resources, and best-practices guidelines to benefit the scientific community by providing high confidence validated research and analysis strategies, regardless the expertise in this field. This package provides the command line interface to mirtop.
There are three methods to install mirtop 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 mirtop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mirtop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mirtop
Install mirtop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mirtop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mirtop
Install mirtop 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 mirtop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mirtop
How To Uninstall mirtop on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mirtop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mirtop
Uninstall mirtop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mirtop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mirtop
Remove mirtop Configurations and Data
To remove mirtop configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mirtop
Remove mirtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mirtop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mirtop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirtop package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
