How To Install sga 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 sga on Ubuntu.
What is sga
sga is:
The major goal of SGA is to be very memory efficient, which is achieved by using a compressed representation of DNA sequence reads.
SGA is a de novo assembler for DNA sequence reads. It is based on Gene Myers' string graph formulation of assembly and uses the FM-index/Burrows-Wheeler transform to efficiently find overlaps between sequence reads.
There are three methods to install sga 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 sga Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sga using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sga
Install sga Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sga using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sga
Install sga 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 sga using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sga
How To Uninstall sga on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sga package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sga
Uninstall sga And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sga and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sga
Remove sga Configurations and Data
To remove sga configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sga
Remove sga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sga configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sga
Dependencies
sga have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sga package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.