How To Install ctdconverter on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdconverter on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ctdconverter
ctdconverter is:
Common Tool Descriptors (CTDs) are XML documents that represent the inputs, outputs, parameters of command line tools in a platform-independent way.
CTDConverter, given one or more Common Tool Descriptors (CTD) XML files, generates Galaxy tool wrappers and Common Workflow Language (CWL) Command Line Tool v1.0 standard descriptions from CTD files.
There are three methods to install ctdconverter 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 ctdconverter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ctdconverter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ctdconverter
Install ctdconverter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ctdconverter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ctdconverter
Install ctdconverter 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 ctdconverter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ctdconverter
How To Uninstall ctdconverter on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ctdconverter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ctdconverter
Uninstall ctdconverter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ctdconverter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ctdconverter
Remove ctdconverter Configurations and Data
To remove ctdconverter configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ctdconverter
Remove ctdconverter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ctdconverter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ctdconverter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdconverter package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
