How To Install samtools-test on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samtools-test on Debian 9.
What is samtools-test
samtools-test is:
Samtools is a set of utilities that manipulate nucleotide sequence alignments in the binary BAM format.
This package contains test files for the samtools package.
There are three methods to install samtools-test on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install samtools-test Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install samtools-test using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install samtools-test
Install samtools-test Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install samtools-test using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install samtools-test
Install samtools-test 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 samtools-test using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install samtools-test
How To Uninstall samtools-test on Debian 9
To uninstall only the samtools-test package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove samtools-test
Uninstall samtools-test And Its Dependencies
To uninstall samtools-test and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove samtools-test
Remove samtools-test Configurations and Data
To remove samtools-test configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge samtools-test
Remove samtools-test configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove samtools-test configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge samtools-test
Dependencies
samtools-test have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samtools-test package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
