How To Install vmatch 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 vmatch on Ubuntu.
What is vmatch
vmatch is:
Vmatch is a versatile software tool for efficiently solving large scale sequence matching tasks. It subsumes the software tool REPuter, but is much more general, with a very flexible user interface, and improved space and time requirements.
There are three methods to install vmatch 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 vmatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vmatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vmatch
Install vmatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vmatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vmatch
Install vmatch 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 vmatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vmatch
How To Uninstall vmatch on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vmatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vmatch
Uninstall vmatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vmatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vmatch
Remove vmatch Configurations and Data
To remove vmatch configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vmatch
Remove vmatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vmatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vmatch
Dependencies
vmatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vmatch package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.