How To Install falcon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install falcon on Debian 9. falcon is diploid-aware genome assembly of single-molecule sequencing reads

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install falcon on Debian 9.

What is falcon

falcon is:

FALCON is a set of tools for fast aligning long reads for consensus and assembly. It is a simple code collection for efficient assembly of haploid and diploid genomes.

There are three methods to install falcon on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install falcon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install falcon

Install falcon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install falcon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install falcon

Install falcon 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 falcon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install falcon

How To Uninstall falcon on Debian 9

To uninstall only the falcon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove falcon

Uninstall falcon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall falcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove falcon

Remove falcon Configurations and Data

To remove falcon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge falcon

Remove falcon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge falcon

Dependencies

falcon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install falcon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.