How To Install sibelia 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 sibelia on Ubuntu.
What is sibelia
sibelia is:
Sibelia (Synteny Block ExpLoration tool) is a comparative genomics tool: It assists biologists in analysing the genomic variations that correlate with pathogens, or the genomic changes that help microorganisms adapt in different environments. Sibelia will also be helpful for the evolutionary and genome rearrangement studies for multiple strains of microorganisms.
Sibelia is useful in finding:
- shared regions,
- regions that present in one group of genomes but not in others,
- rearrangements that transform one genome to other genomes.
There are three methods to install sibelia 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 sibelia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sibelia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sibelia
Install sibelia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sibelia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sibelia
Install sibelia 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 sibelia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sibelia
How To Uninstall sibelia on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sibelia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sibelia
Uninstall sibelia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sibelia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sibelia
Remove sibelia Configurations and Data
To remove sibelia configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sibelia
Remove sibelia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sibelia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sibelia
Dependencies
sibelia have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sibelia package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.