How To Install bcbio-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install bcbio-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bcbio-doc is Documentation for RNAseq-workflows of bcbio(-nextgen)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcbio-doc on Debian 10.

What is bcbio-doc

bcbio-doc is:

This package provides the documentation for all aspects of the workflows and technology of the bcbio-nextgen toolkit.

A high-level configuration file specifies inputs and analysis parameters to drive a parallel pipeline that handles distributed execution, idempotent processing restarts and safe transactional steps. The project contributes a shared community resource that handles the data processing component of sequencing analysis, providing researchers with more time to focus on the downstream biology.

There are three methods to install bcbio-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bcbio-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bcbio-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bcbio-doc

Install bcbio-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bcbio-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bcbio-doc

Install bcbio-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bcbio-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bcbio-doc

How To Uninstall bcbio-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the bcbio-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bcbio-doc

Uninstall bcbio-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bcbio-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcbio-doc

Remove bcbio-doc Configurations and Data

To remove bcbio-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bcbio-doc

Remove bcbio-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bcbio-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcbio-doc

Dependencies

bcbio-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcbio-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.