How To Install vsearch-examples 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 vsearch-examples on Ubuntu.
What is vsearch-examples
vsearch-examples is:
Versatile 64-bit multithreaded tool for processing metagenomic sequences, including searching, clustering, chimera detection, dereplication, sorting, masking and shuffling
The aim of this project is to create an alternative to the USEARCH tool developed by Robert C. Edgar (2010). The new tool should:
- have a 64-bit design that handles very large databases and much more than 4GB of memory
- be as accurate or more accurate than usearch
- be as fast or faster than usearch
This package contains a test data set as well as sample scripts running some test suite provided by Debian also as autopkgtest.
There are three methods to install vsearch-examples 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 vsearch-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vsearch-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vsearch-examples
Install vsearch-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vsearch-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vsearch-examples
Install vsearch-examples 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 vsearch-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vsearch-examples
How To Uninstall vsearch-examples on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vsearch-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vsearch-examples
Uninstall vsearch-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vsearch-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vsearch-examples
Remove vsearch-examples Configurations and Data
To remove vsearch-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vsearch-examples
Remove vsearch-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vsearch-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vsearch-examples
Dependencies
vsearch-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vsearch-examples package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.