How To Install libanfo0 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanfo0 on Ubuntu 22.04. libanfo0 is Library for Short Read Aligner/Mapper from MPG

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanfo0 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libanfo0

libanfo0 is:

Anfo is a mapper in the spirit of Soap/Maq/Bowtie, but its implementation takes more after BLAST/BLAT. It’s most useful for the alignment of sequencing reads where the DNA sequence is somehow modified (think ancient DNA or bisulphite treatment) and/or there is more divergence between sample and reference than what fast mappers will handle gracefully (say the reference genome is missing and a related species is used instead).

This package contains the dynamic library for the anfo binaries.

There are three methods to install libanfo0 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 libanfo0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libanfo0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libanfo0

Install libanfo0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libanfo0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libanfo0

Install libanfo0 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 libanfo0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libanfo0

How To Uninstall libanfo0 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libanfo0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libanfo0

Uninstall libanfo0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libanfo0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libanfo0

Remove libanfo0 Configurations and Data

To remove libanfo0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libanfo0

Remove libanfo0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libanfo0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libanfo0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanfo0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.