How To Install piler 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 piler on Ubuntu.
What is piler
piler is:
PILER (Parsimonious Inference of a Library of Elementary Repeats) searches a genome sequence for repetitive elements. It implements search algorithms that identify characteristic patterns of local alignments induced by certain classes of repeats.
There are three methods to install piler 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 piler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install piler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install piler
Install piler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install piler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install piler
Install piler 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 piler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install piler
How To Uninstall piler on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the piler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove piler
Uninstall piler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall piler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove piler
Remove piler Configurations and Data
To remove piler configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge piler
Remove piler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove piler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge piler
Dependencies
piler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install piler package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.