How To Install blimps-utils on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install blimps-utils on Ubuntu 22.04. blimps-utils is blocks database improved searcher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blimps-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is blimps-utils

blimps-utils is:

BLIMPS (BLocks IMProved Searcher) is a searching tool that scores a protein sequence against blocks or a block against sequences.

This package contains the binaries.

There are three methods to install blimps-utils 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 blimps-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blimps-utils

Install blimps-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blimps-utils

Install blimps-utils 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 blimps-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blimps-utils

How To Uninstall blimps-utils on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the blimps-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blimps-utils

Uninstall blimps-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blimps-utils

Remove blimps-utils Configurations and Data

To remove blimps-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge blimps-utils

Remove blimps-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blimps-utils

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Summary

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