How To Install clustalx on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clustalx on Ubuntu 22.04. clustalx is Multiple alignment of nucleic acid and protein sequences (graphical interface)

Introduction

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

What is clustalx

clustalx is:

This package offers a GUI interface for the Clustal multiple sequence alignment program. It provides an integrated environment for performing multiple sequence- and profile-alignments to analyse the results. The sequence alignment is displayed in a window on the screen. A versatile coloring scheme has been incorporated to highlight conserved features in the alignment. For professional presentations, one should use the texshade LaTeX package or boxshade.

The pull-down menus at the top of the window allow you to select all the options required for traditional multiple sequence and profile alignment. You can cut-and-paste sequences to change the order of the alignment; you can select a subset of sequences to be aligned; you can select a sub-range of the alignment to be realigned and inserted back into the original alignment.

An alignment quality analysis can be performed and low-scoring segments or exceptional residues can be highlighted.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clustalx

Install clustalx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clustalx

Install clustalx 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 clustalx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clustalx

How To Uninstall clustalx on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove clustalx

Uninstall clustalx And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clustalx

Remove clustalx Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge clustalx

Remove clustalx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clustalx

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Summary

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