How To Install libncbi-ngs3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi-ngs3 on Debian 12.
What is libncbi-ngs3
libncbi-ngs3 is:
NGS is a new, domain-specific API for accessing reads, alignments and pileups produced from Next Generation Sequencing. The API itself is independent from any particular back-end implementation, and supports use of multiple back-ends simultaneously. It also provides a library for building new back-end “engines”. The engine for accessing SRA data is contained within the sister repository ncbi-vdb.
The API is currently expressed in C++, Java and Python languages. The design makes it possible to maintain a high degree of similarity between the code in one language and code in another - especially between C++ and Java.
There are three methods to install libncbi-ngs3 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libncbi-ngs3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi-ngs3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncbi-ngs3
Install libncbi-ngs3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi-ngs3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncbi-ngs3
Install libncbi-ngs3 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 libncbi-ngs3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncbi-ngs3
How To Uninstall libncbi-ngs3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libncbi-ngs3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncbi-ngs3
Uninstall libncbi-ngs3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncbi-ngs3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncbi-ngs3
Remove libncbi-ngs3 Configurations and Data
To remove libncbi-ngs3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncbi-ngs3
Remove libncbi-ngs3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncbi-ngs3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncbi-ngs3
Dependencies
libncbi-ngs3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi-ngs3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
