How To Install reprof 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 reprof on Ubuntu.
What is reprof
reprof is:
‘reprof’ is an improved implementation of ‘prof’, a popular protein secondary structure and accessibility predictor. Prediction is either done from protein sequence alone or from an alignment - the latter should be used for optimal performance.
This package provides the ‘reprof’ command. It is only a command line interface to the functionality provided by the modules in librg-reprof-bundle-perl.
There are three methods to install reprof 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 reprof Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reprof using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reprof
Install reprof Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reprof using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reprof
Install reprof 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 reprof using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reprof
How To Uninstall reprof on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the reprof package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reprof
Uninstall reprof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reprof and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reprof
Remove reprof Configurations and Data
To remove reprof configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reprof
Remove reprof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reprof configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reprof
Dependencies
reprof have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reprof package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.