How To Install libwfa2-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwfa2-dev on Debian 12.
What is libwfa2-dev
libwfa2-dev 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).
This package contains the static library and the header files.
There are three methods to install libwfa2-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwfa2-dev
Install libwfa2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwfa2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwfa2-dev
Install libwfa2-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwfa2-dev
How To Uninstall libwfa2-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libwfa2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwfa2-dev
Uninstall libwfa2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwfa2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwfa2-dev
Remove libwfa2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwfa2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwfa2-dev
Remove libwfa2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwfa2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwfa2-dev
Dependencies
libwfa2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwfa2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
