How To Install artemis 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 artemis on Ubuntu.

What is `artemis`

artemis is:

Artemis is a genome browser and annotation tool that allows visualisation of sequence features, next generation data and the results of analyses within the context of the sequence, and also its six-frame translation.

This package includes the Artemis genome browser, the Artemis Comparison Tool (ACT), and the DNAplotter and BamView utilities.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install artemis

Install artemis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install artemis

Install artemis 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 artemis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install artemis

How To Uninstall artemis on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove artemis

Uninstall artemis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove artemis

Remove artemis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge artemis

Remove artemis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge artemis

Dependencies

artemis have the following dependencies:

References

artemis website

Summary

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