How To Install psortb 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 psortb on Ubuntu.

What is psortb

psortb is:

PSORTb enables prediction of bacterial protein subcellular localization (SCL) and provides a quick and inexpensive means for gaining insight into protein function, verifying experimental results, annotating newly sequenced bacterial genomes, detecting potential cell surface/secreted drug targets, as well as identifying biomarkers for microbes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psortb

Install psortb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install psortb

Install psortb 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 psortb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psortb

How To Uninstall psortb on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove psortb

Uninstall psortb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psortb

Remove psortb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge psortb

Remove psortb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psortb

Dependencies

psortb have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libmodhmm0
• libsquid1
• libstdc++6
• libsvmloc0
• perl
• perlapi-5.34.0
• libbio-perl-perl
• libalgorithm-svm-perl
• pftools
• librpc-xml-perl

References

• psortb website

Summary

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