How To Install blimps-utils on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 350 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blimps-utils on Ubuntu.
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. 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
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, 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 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
Dependencies
blimps-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blimps-utils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.