How To Install libmems1 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 libmems1 on Ubuntu.
What is libmems1
libmems1 is:
libMems is a freely available software development library to support DNA string matching and comparative genomics. Among other things, libMems implements an algorithm to perform approximate multi-MUM and multi-MEM identification. The algorithm uses spaced seed patterns in conjunction with a seed-and-extend style hashing method to identify matches. The method is efficient, requiring a maximum of only 16 bytes per base of the largest input sequence, and this data can be stored externally (i.e. on disk) to further reduce memory requirements.
This package contains the dynamic library.
There are three methods to install libmems1 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 libmems1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmems1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmems1
Install libmems1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmems1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmems1
Install libmems1 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 libmems1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmems1
How To Uninstall libmems1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmems1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmems1
Uninstall libmems1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmems1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmems1
Remove libmems1 Configurations and Data
To remove libmems1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmems1
Remove libmems1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmems1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmems1
Dependencies
libmems1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmems1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.