Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install adapterremoval on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is adapterremoval
adapterremoval is:
This program searches for and removes remnant adapter sequences from High-
Throughput Sequencing (HTS) data and (optionally) trims low quality
bases from the 3’ end of reads following adapter removal. AdapterRemoval
can analyze both single end and paired end data, and can be used to
merge overlapping paired-ended reads into (longer) consensus sequences.
Additionally, the AdapterRemoval may be used to recover a consensus
adapter sequence for paired-ended data, for which this information is
not available.
There are three methods to install adapterremoval on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install adapterremoval Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install adapterremoval using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install adapterremoval
Install adapterremoval Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install adapterremoval using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install adapterremoval
Install adapterremoval 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 adapterremoval using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install adapterremoval
How To Uninstall adapterremoval on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the adapterremoval package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove adapterremoval
Uninstall adapterremoval And Its Dependencies
To uninstall adapterremoval and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove adapterremoval
Remove adapterremoval Configurations and Data
To remove adapterremoval configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge adapterremoval
Remove adapterremoval configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove adapterremoval configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adapterremoval
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install adapterremoval package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
