How To Install libedlib-dev 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 libedlib-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libedlib-dev
libedlib-dev is:
A lightweight and super fast C/C++ library for sequence alignment using edit distance.
Calculating edit distance of two strings is as simple as:
edlibAlign(“hello”, 5, “world!”, 6, edlibDefaultAlignConfig()).editDistance; Features
- Calculates edit distance (Levehnstein distance).
- It can find optimal alignment path (instructions how to transform first sequence into the second sequence).
- It can find just the start and/or end locations of alignment path - can be useful when speed is more important than having exact alignment path.
- Supports multiple alignment methods: global(NW), prefix(SHW) and infix(HW), each of them useful for different scenarios.
- You can extend character equality definition, enabling you to e.g. have wildcard characters, to have case insensitive alignment or to work with degenerate nucleotides.
- It can easily handle small or very large sequences, even when finding alignment path, while consuming very little memory.
- Super fast thanks to Myers’s bit-vector algorithm.
This package contains the static library and the header files.
There are three methods to install libedlib-dev 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 libedlib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libedlib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libedlib-dev
Install libedlib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libedlib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libedlib-dev
Install libedlib-dev 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 libedlib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libedlib-dev
How To Uninstall libedlib-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libedlib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libedlib-dev
Uninstall libedlib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libedlib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedlib-dev
Remove libedlib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libedlib-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libedlib-dev
Remove libedlib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libedlib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedlib-dev
Dependencies
libedlib-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedlib-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.