This project is about working on protein and nucleic sequences,
stored in FASTA formatted files, in order to make specific searches (by gene name, sequence,
position in the genome and sub-string), translations and later calculate distances or make sequencing simulations.
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install fasta-project
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install fasta-project
To install fasta-project, simply use the following command: