How To Install mcaller 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 mcaller on Ubuntu.

What is `mcaller`

mcaller is:

H-C-aller | H

This program is designed to call m6A from nanopore data using the differences between measured and expected currents.

There are three methods to install mcaller 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 mcaller Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mcaller using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mcaller

Install mcaller Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mcaller using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mcaller

Install mcaller 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 mcaller using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcaller

How To Uninstall mcaller on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the mcaller package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mcaller

Uninstall mcaller And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mcaller and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcaller

Remove mcaller Configurations and Data

To remove mcaller configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mcaller

Remove mcaller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mcaller configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcaller

Dependencies

mcaller have the following dependencies:

References

mcaller website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcaller package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.