How To Install ncoils on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncoils on Ubuntu 22.04. ncoils is coiled coil secondary structure prediction

Introduction

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

What is ncoils

ncoils is:

The program predicts the coiled coil secondary structure predictions from protein sequences. The algorithm was published in Lupas, van Dyke & Stock, Predicting coiled coils from protein sequences Science, 252, 1162-1164, 1991.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ncoils

Install ncoils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ncoils

Install ncoils 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 ncoils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ncoils

How To Uninstall ncoils on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ncoils

Uninstall ncoils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncoils

Remove ncoils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ncoils

Remove ncoils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncoils

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Summary

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