How To Install libedlib1 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 libedlib1 on Ubuntu.
What is libedlib1
libedlib1 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libedlib1 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 libedlib1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libedlib1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libedlib1
Install libedlib1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libedlib1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libedlib1
Install libedlib1 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 libedlib1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libedlib1
How To Uninstall libedlib1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libedlib1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libedlib1
Uninstall libedlib1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libedlib1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedlib1
Remove libedlib1 Configurations and Data
To remove libedlib1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libedlib1
Remove libedlib1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libedlib1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedlib1
Dependencies
libedlib1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedlib1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.