Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amap-align on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is amap-align
amap-align is:
AMAP is a command line tool to perform multiple alignment of peptidic
sequences. It utilizes posterior decoding, and a sequence-annealing
alignment, instead of the traditional progressive alignment method. It is
the only alignment program that allows one to control the sensitivity /
specificity tradeoff. It is based on the ProbCons source code, but
uses alignment metric accuracy and eliminates the consistency
transformation.
The Java visualisation tool of AMAP 2.2 is not yet packaged in Debian.
There are three methods to install amap-align on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install amap-align Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amap-align using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amap-align
Install amap-align Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amap-align using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amap-align
Install amap-align 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 amap-align using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amap-align
How To Uninstall amap-align on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the amap-align package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amap-align
Uninstall amap-align And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amap-align and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amap-align
Remove amap-align Configurations and Data
To remove amap-align configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amap-align
Remove amap-align configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amap-align configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amap-align
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amap-align package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
