How to Install mafft software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mafft software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mafft software package provides Multiple alignment program for amino acid or nucleotide sequences, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mafft 

mafft is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mafft package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mafft *

You will get with mafft package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mafft package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Science
Package mafft
Version 7.123-1
Description Multiple alignment program for amino acid or nucleotide sequences
Sub Section Science


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mafft software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?