How To Install scythe 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 scythe on Ubuntu.
What is scythe
scythe is:
Scythe uses a Naive Bayesian approach to classify contaminant substrings in sequence reads. It considers quality information, which can make it robust in picking out 3’-end adapters, which often include poor quality bases.
There are three methods to install scythe 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 scythe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scythe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scythe
Install scythe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scythe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scythe
Install scythe 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 scythe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scythe
How To Uninstall scythe on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the scythe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scythe
Uninstall scythe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scythe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scythe
Remove scythe Configurations and Data
To remove scythe configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scythe
Remove scythe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scythe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scythe
Dependencies
scythe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scythe package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.