How To Install gffread 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 gffread on Ubuntu.
What is gffread
gffread is:
Gffread is a GFF/GTF parsing utility providing format conversions, region filtering, FASTA sequence extraction and more.
There are three methods to install gffread 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 gffread Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gffread using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gffread
Install gffread Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gffread using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gffread
Install gffread 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 gffread using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gffread
How To Uninstall gffread on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gffread package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gffread
Uninstall gffread And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gffread and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gffread
Remove gffread Configurations and Data
To remove gffread configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gffread
Remove gffread configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gffread configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gffread
Dependencies
gffread have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gffread package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.