How To Install genometools-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install genometools-doc on Debian 9. genometools-doc is documentation for GenomeTools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genometools-doc on Debian 9.

What is genometools-doc

genometools-doc is:

This package contains API documentation and tool documentation for GenomeTools. The GenomeTools toolkit contains binaries for sequence and annotation handling, sequence compression, index structure generation and access, annotation visualization, and much more.

There are three methods to install genometools-doc 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 genometools-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 genometools-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install genometools-doc

Install genometools-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install genometools-doc

Install genometools-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 genometools-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install genometools-doc

How To Uninstall genometools-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove genometools-doc

Uninstall genometools-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove genometools-doc

Remove genometools-doc Configurations and Data

To remove genometools-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge genometools-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

genometools-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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