Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bedops on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bedops
bedops is:
BEDOPS is a suite of tools to address common questions raised in genomic
studies, mostly with regard to overlap and proximity relationships between
data sets.
It aims to be scalable and flexible, facilitating the efficient and accurate
analysis and management of large-scale genomic data.
There are three methods to install bedops 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 bedops Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bedops using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bedops
Install bedops Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bedops using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bedops
Install bedops 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 bedops using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bedops
How To Uninstall bedops on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bedops package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bedops
Uninstall bedops And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bedops and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bedops
Remove bedops Configurations and Data
To remove bedops configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bedops
Remove bedops configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bedops configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bedops
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bedops package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
