How To Install lastz-examples 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 lastz-examples on Ubuntu.
What is lastz-examples
lastz-examples is:
LASTZ is a drop-in replacement for BLASTZ, and is backward compatible with BLASTZ’s command-line syntax. That is, it supports all of BLASTZ’s options but also has additional ones, and may produce slightly different alignment results.
This package contains example data and test scripts.
There are three methods to install lastz-examples 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 lastz-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lastz-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lastz-examples
Install lastz-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lastz-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lastz-examples
Install lastz-examples 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 lastz-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lastz-examples
How To Uninstall lastz-examples on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lastz-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lastz-examples
Uninstall lastz-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lastz-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lastz-examples
Remove lastz-examples Configurations and Data
To remove lastz-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lastz-examples
Remove lastz-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lastz-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lastz-examples
Dependencies
lastz-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lastz-examples package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.