How To Install qtltools on Debian 10

Learn how to install qtltools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. qtltools is Tool set for molecular QTL discovery and analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtltools on Debian 10.

What is qtltools

qtltools is:

QTLtools is a tool set for molecular Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) discovery and analysis. It allows user to go from the raw sequence data to collection of molecular QTL in few easy-to-perform steps. QTLtools contains multiple methods to prepare the data, to discover proximal and distal molecular QTL and to finally integrate them with GWAS variants and functional annotations of the genome.

There are three methods to install qtltools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qtltools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qtltools

Install qtltools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtltools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtltools

Install qtltools 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 qtltools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtltools

How To Uninstall qtltools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the qtltools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtltools

Uninstall qtltools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtltools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtltools

Remove qtltools Configurations and Data

To remove qtltools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtltools

Remove qtltools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtltools

Dependencies

qtltools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtltools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.