How To Install vt-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 vt-examples on Ubuntu.
What is vt-examples
vt-examples is:
vt is a variant tool set that discovers short variants from Next Generation Sequencing data.
Vt-normalize is a tool to normalize representation of genetic variants in the VCF. Variant normalization is formally defined as the consistent representation of genetic variants in an unambiguous and concise way. In vt a simple general algorithm to enforce this is implemented.
This package contains some example data.
There are three methods to install vt-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 vt-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 vt-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vt-examples
Install vt-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vt-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vt-examples
Install vt-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 vt-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vt-examples
How To Uninstall vt-examples on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vt-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vt-examples
Uninstall vt-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vt-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vt-examples
Remove vt-examples Configurations and Data
To remove vt-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vt-examples
Remove vt-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vt-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vt-examples
Dependencies
vt-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vt-examples package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.