How To Install canu on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install canu on Ubuntu 22.04. canu is single molecule sequence assembler for genomes

Introduction

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

What is canu

canu is:

Canu is a fork of the Celera Assembler, designed for high-noise single-molecule sequencing (such as the PacBio RS II or Oxford Nanopore MinION).

Canu is a hierarchical assembly pipeline which runs in four steps:

  • Detect overlaps in high-noise sequences using MHAP
  • Generate corrected sequence consensus
  • Trim corrected sequences
  • Assemble trimmed corrected sequences

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install canu

Install canu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install canu

Install canu 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 canu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install canu

How To Uninstall canu on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove canu

Uninstall canu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove canu

Remove canu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge canu

Remove canu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge canu

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Summary

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