How To Install unifrac-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unifrac-tools on Debian 12.
What is unifrac-tools
unifrac-tools is:
The de facto repository for high-performance phylogenetic diversity calculations. The methods in this repository are based on an implementation of the Strided State UniFrac algorithm which is faster, and uses less memory than Fast UniFrac. Strided State UniFrac supports Unweighted UniFrac, Weighted UniFrac, Generalized UniFrac, Variance Adjusted UniFrac and meta UniFrac. This repository also includes Stacked Faith (manuscript in preparation), a method for calculating Faith’s PD that is faster and uses less memory than the Fast UniFrac-based reference implementation.
This package contains target binaries ssu and faithpd
There are three methods to install unifrac-tools 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 unifrac-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unifrac-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unifrac-tools
Install unifrac-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unifrac-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unifrac-tools
Install unifrac-tools 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 unifrac-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unifrac-tools
How To Uninstall unifrac-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the unifrac-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unifrac-tools
Uninstall unifrac-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unifrac-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unifrac-tools
Remove unifrac-tools Configurations and Data
To remove unifrac-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unifrac-tools
Remove unifrac-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unifrac-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unifrac-tools
Dependencies
unifrac-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unifrac-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
