How To Install ncbi-vdb-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-vdb-data on Debian 12.
What is ncbi-vdb-data
ncbi-vdb-data is:
The (US) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)’s Virtual/Vertical Database (VDB) is a highly compressed column-oriented data warehousing technology developed initially to address the needs of the Sequence Read Archive (SRA). It is unique in that it builds databases from smaller parts that can function independently as documents, supports effective and efficient compression, supports encryption while remaining encrypted on disk, transparent distribution and remote access.
This package contains VDB schemata for SRA data and default configuration files for VDB libraries.
There are three methods to install ncbi-vdb-data 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 ncbi-vdb-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncbi-vdb-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncbi-vdb-data
Install ncbi-vdb-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncbi-vdb-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncbi-vdb-data
Install ncbi-vdb-data 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 ncbi-vdb-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncbi-vdb-data
How To Uninstall ncbi-vdb-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ncbi-vdb-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncbi-vdb-data
Uninstall ncbi-vdb-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncbi-vdb-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncbi-vdb-data
Remove ncbi-vdb-data Configurations and Data
To remove ncbi-vdb-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncbi-vdb-data
Remove ncbi-vdb-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncbi-vdb-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncbi-vdb-data
Dependencies
ncbi-vdb-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-vdb-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
