How To Install abyss on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abyss on Ubuntu.
What is abyss
abyss is:
ABySS is a de novo, parallel, sequence assembler that is designed for short reads. It may be used to assemble genome or transcriptome sequence data. Parallelization is achieved using MPI, OpenMP and pthread.
There are three methods to install abyss on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install abyss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install abyss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install abyss
Install abyss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install abyss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install abyss
Install abyss 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 abyss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install abyss
How To Uninstall abyss on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the abyss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove abyss
Uninstall abyss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall abyss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove abyss
Remove abyss Configurations and Data
To remove abyss configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge abyss
Remove abyss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove abyss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abyss
Dependencies
abyss have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abyss package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.