How To Install squizz on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 370 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squizz on Ubuntu.
What is squizz
squizz is:
Squizz is a sequence/alignment format checker, but it has some conversion capabilities too. Most common sequence and alignment formats are supported :
- EMBL, FASTA, GCG, GDE, GENBANK, IG, NBRF, PIR (codata), RAW, and SWISSPROT.
- CLUSTAL, FASTA, MEGA, MSF, NEXUS, PHYLIP (interleaved and sequential) and STOCKHOLM.
There are three methods to install squizz 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 squizz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install squizz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squizz
Install squizz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squizz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squizz
Install squizz 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 squizz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squizz
How To Uninstall squizz on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the squizz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squizz
Uninstall squizz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squizz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squizz
Remove squizz Configurations and Data
To remove squizz configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squizz
Remove squizz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squizz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squizz
Dependencies
squizz have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squizz package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.