How To Install pg2graphviz.pl on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install chado-utils

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is pg2graphviz.pl and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install pg2graphviz.pl on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install pg2graphviz.pl using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install pg2graphviz.pl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chado-utils

Install pg2graphviz.pl using apt

Because pg2graphviz.pl is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install pg2graphviz.pl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chado-utils

Install pg2graphviz.pl 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 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install pg2graphviz.pl by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chado-utils

How to upgrade (update) a single package pg2graphviz.pl using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the pg2graphviz.pl, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install chado-utils

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install chado-utils

How To Uninstall pg2graphviz.pl from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the pg2graphviz.pl package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chado-utils

Uninstall pg2graphviz.pl and all its dependencies

To uninstall pg2graphviz.pl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chado-utils

Remove pg2graphviz.pl with all configurations and data

To remove pg2graphviz.pl configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chado-utils

Remove pg2graphviz.pl completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to pg2graphviz.pl package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chado-utils

Extra info and code examples

This package contains several tools that can be used to extract data from Chado database or prepare data before upload. It is a subset above the Chado database schema and libraries. Chado is a relational database schema that underlies many GMOD installations. It is capable of representing many of the general classes of data frequently encountered in modern biology such as sequence, sequence comparisons, phenotypes, genotypes, ontologies, publications, and phylogeny.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install pg2graphviz.pl using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the pg2graphviz.pl from Ubuntu 21.04.

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