How to Install and Uninstall mafft Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "mafft" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mafft on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mafft" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mafft on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mafft
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mafft package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mafft
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 8347
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.271-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), perl
Recommends: blast2, libwww-perl, lynx, ruby
Filename: pool/universe/m/mafft/mafft_7.271-1_amd64.deb
Size: 826176
MD5sum: 01aafd25e3fd14acaa5dc304968c3ba0
SHA1: c2fd61f0d8070fcf2446e55161676708d72b03c3
SHA256: d994178a0f0c878fed36d4d11986ca92164680eb9349cf97cf56be90b5ddecf1
Description-en: Multiple alignment program for amino acid or nucleotide sequences
MAFFT is a multiple sequence alignment program which offers three
accuracy-oriented methods:
* L-INS-i (probably most accurate; recommended for <200 sequences;
iterative refinement method incorporating local pairwise alignment
information),
* G-INS-i (suitable for sequences of similar lengths; recommended for
<200 sequences; iterative refinement method incorporating global
pairwise alignment information),
* E-INS-i (suitable for sequences containing large unalignable regions;
recommended for <200 sequences),
and five speed-oriented methods:
* FFT-NS-i (iterative refinement method; two cycles only),
* FFT-NS-i (iterative refinement method; max. 1000 iterations),
* FFT-NS-2 (fast; progressive method),
* FFT-NS-1 (very fast; recommended for >2000 sequences; progressive
method with a rough guide tree),
* NW-NS-PartTree-1 (recommended for ∼50,000 sequences; progressive
method with the PartTree algorithm).
Description-md5: a65c32f641729a8e070bd5f7c691875a
Enhances: t-coffee
Homepage: http://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/software/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu