How To Install recan 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 recan on Ubuntu.
What is recan
recan is:
recan is a Python package which allows one to construct genetic distance plots to explore and discover recombination events in viral genomes.
This method has been previously implemented in desktop software tools: RAT, Simplot and RDP4.
There are three methods to install recan 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 recan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install recan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install recan
Install recan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install recan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install recan
Install recan 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 recan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install recan
How To Uninstall recan on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the recan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove recan
Uninstall recan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall recan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove recan
Remove recan Configurations and Data
To remove recan configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge recan
Remove recan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove recan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge recan
Dependencies
recan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install recan package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.