How To Install libwfa2-0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libwfa2-0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libwfa2-0 is exact gap-affine algorithm (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwfa2-0 on Debian 12.

What is libwfa2-0

libwfa2-0 is:

The wavefront alignment (WFA) algorithm is an exact gap-affine algorithm that takes advantage of homologous regions between the sequences to accelerate the alignment process. Unlike to traditional dynamic programming algorithms that run in quadratic time, the WFA runs in time O(ns+s^2), proportional to the sequence length n and the alignment score s, using O(s^2) memory (or O(s) using the ultralow/BiWFA mode). Moreover, the WFA algorithm exhibits simple computational patterns that the modern compilers can automatically vectorize for different architectures without adapting the code. To intuitively illustrate why the WFA algorithm is so interesting, look at the following figure. The left panel shows the cells computed by a classical dynamic programming based algorithm (like Smith-Waterman or Needleman Wunsch). In contrast, the right panel shows the cells computed by the WFA algorithm to obtain the same result (i.e., the optimal alignment).

There are three methods to install libwfa2-0 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 libwfa2-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwfa2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwfa2-0

Install libwfa2-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwfa2-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwfa2-0

Install libwfa2-0 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 libwfa2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwfa2-0

How To Uninstall libwfa2-0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libwfa2-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwfa2-0

Uninstall libwfa2-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwfa2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwfa2-0

Remove libwfa2-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libwfa2-0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwfa2-0

Remove libwfa2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwfa2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwfa2-0

Dependencies

libwfa2-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwfa2-0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.